book chapter

Northwards

Wisdom and waste in the Punjab villagePublished In 1934 • Pages: 1-76

By: Darling, Malcolm.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a travelogue-style account of a British colonial administrator's tour and inspection of village life in the northern portion of what is now Punjab Province. Topics covered include the price of wheat, the costs of marriage, ascetics and their magical spells, co-operative societies, water-logged fields, land-revenue fees, moneylending, and litigation.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Topography and geology
Tillage
Ornament
Borrowing and lending
Income and demand
Mutual aid
Ingroup antagonisms
Ethnosociology
Education system
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
West Punjabi
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
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Government Official
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Helen Takacs; 1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
December 1930
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
northern Punjab Province, Pakistan
NotesAdditional notes
By Malcolm Lyall Darling
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
35005788
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Peasantry--Punjab
Usury--Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)--Social life and customs
Punjab (Pakistan)--Social life and customs