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A Bangladesh village: conflict and cohesion : an anthropological study of politics

Schenkman Pub. Co. ; [distributed by General Learning Press, Morristown, N.J.Cambridge, Mass.Published In 1974 • Pages:

By: Islam, A. K. M. Aminul.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of political processes in the Bangladesh village of Badarpur (a pseudonym) prior to the independence of the country in 1971. The author analyzes the processes of change in the village and the manner in which these processes relate to the wider community outside of the village and the nation as a whole. In addition, national ideologies are discussed in the context of how they are reflected in the political behavior of the Badarpur villagers. More concretely this source shows '…how and why political loyalties in the village vary from one situation to another, and the effect of governmental or nation directed policy on the local polity' (p. 3). Although this work focuses on political behavior, there is also much information here on socio-cultural history, land tenure, economy, religion, marriage, and social organization.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Status, role, and prestige
Ingroup antagonisms
Household
Extended families
Clans
Community structure
Community heads
Towns
Political behavior
Political parties
Elections
Religious denominations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bengali
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
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
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Indigenous Person
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
John Beierle ; 1992
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1954-1966 (more than three years) [p. vi]
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
before 1971
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
'Badarpur', Bangladesh
NotesAdditional notes
[by] A.K.M. Aminul Islam
Bibliography: p. 187-196
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
72097191
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bengalis