This book, first published in 1976, utilises the tools of social anthropology and population studies to examine the causes and consequences of populations growth.

List of tables; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; Weights, measures, and conversion factors; 1. Demography and anthropology; 2. The Gurungs of Nepal; Part I. Resources: 3. Long-term change in the Gurung economy; 4. Forest and land resources; 5. Changes in the distribution of arable land; 6. Capital assets excluding land and forest; 7. The application of capital; input-output data; 8. Income, consumption and expenditure; 9. Surpluses, deficits and the accumulation of capital; Part II. Population: 10. Population growth in Nepal; 11. Social structure and fertility I: intercourse variables; 12. Social structure and fertility II: conception and gestation variables; 13. The demographic consequences of social structure: fertility statistics; 14. Social structure and mortality; 15. The age and sex structure of the Gurung population; 16. Resources and population: some general models; Appendices: 1. Census schedule utilized; 2. Production and consumption units per household; 3. Growth in the number of houses in Thak and Mohoriya; 4. Population and the price of land and other goods; 5. Household and family structure among the Gurungs; 6. Marriage, inheritance and death of parents in Thak; 7. Estimates of relative wealth by three Gurungs; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.