Synopsis This volume, Jaintia Hills: A Meghalaya Tribe—its Environment, Land and People is an important study of a tribal population in transition. They are on international border with Bangladesh. A trans-border culture is a two way traffic. Jaintia Hills, a part of the state of Meghalaya, have immense possibility of development. It has growing trans-border trade relations with neighbouring Bangladesh in respect of rich mineral resources, particularly of coal and lime stone. The volume containing twenty three articles by eminent social scientists and scientists belonging to agriculture, demography and environmental science adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, is an important contribution to tribal study.