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Markets of Garo Hills: an assessment of their socio-economic implications
Hill societies, their modernisation : a study of north east with special reference to Garo Hills • New Delhi • Published In 1995 • Pages: 110-115
By: Alam, K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Garo had markets since the Mughal rule, mostly situated in border areas. Under British rule, roads were built and markets opened up in the interior. During the colonial period, exchanges based on barter gradually changed to those based on money. This change had profound social consequences, including the demise of the corporate household. Garo mostly sell agricultural crops and buy consumer goods. The terms of trade goes against Garo producers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Medium of exchange
- Exchange transactions
- Retail marketing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Economist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- [K. Alam]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95910488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)