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.
- 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