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Diversity in a Bangladeshi village: landholding structure, economic differentiation, and occupational specialization of Moslems and Hindus
Research in economic anthropology • 13 • Published In 1991 • Pages: 143-160
By: Harris, Michael S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study of a Bangladeshi village, Harris argues that social structure is more complex than a simple division between poor landless and wealthy landowning households. According to Harris land by itself is not an indicator of household well-being. Many of the landless households are members of a Hindu artisan caste that lives on handicraft production. His study is based on a survey of 120 households and includes such data as occupation, religion, size of landholding, and type of land tenure. He also discusses the degree of upward and downward mobility.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Occupational specialization
- Classes
- Household
- Community structure
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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 ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chaulia, Jessore District, Bangladesh
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael S. Harris
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79640245
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bengalis