book chapter

The western Punjab

Rusticus Loquitur • Published In 1930 • Pages: 192-322

By: Darling, Malcolm.

Abstract
This comprehensive firsthand report of a tour of villages by a British colonial administrator, written as a travelogue/diary, covers a variety of topics in comparing villages: e.g. women's work, household possessions and standard of living, doctors, midwives, beggars, landlords and tenants, money-lending, gender relations, marriage, polygamy, religion, sectarian politics, local administration, arbitration, cooperatives, education, credit, banks, water, religious personnel, and demons.
Subjects
Dwellings
Building interiors and arrangement
Borrowing and lending
Renting and leasing
Standard of living
Gender status
Preventive medicine
Prophets and ascetics
culture
West Punjabi
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Government Official
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Helen Takacs; 1955
Field Date
January-February 1929
Coverage Date
1929
Coverage Place
Punjab Province, Pakistan
Notes
By Malcolm Lyall Darling
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
30029432
LCSH
Peasantry--Punjab
Usury--Punjab
Punjab--Economic conditions