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Living standards in rural Iran
Middle East journal • 3 • Published In 1949 • Pages: 140-150
By: Hayden, Lyle J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author of this article spent three years organizing and directing the Near East Foundations rural improvement program in some thirty to thirty-five villages southeast of Tehran. The village described in this article is a composite generally typical of the central Iranian plateau.' The author calls his village Aliabad and his typical farmer Hosayn Isfahani. Along with data about living standards, land ownership, water supply, health, and adult education, this article indicates the efforts made by the Foundation to avoid upsetting village social structure by encouraging local leadership and initiative wherever possible.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Agricultural science
- Dwellings
- Renting and leasing
- Classes
- Public health and sanitation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- 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.
- 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
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Aliabad' village, near Tehra, Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lyle J. Hayden
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 48002240
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians