Social stratification in a Punjabi village
article 1970 Ahmad, Saghir

West PunjabiAsia > South Asia
In this analysis of stratification in a rural village based on surveys asking villagers to rank the various professions and ethnic groups within the village, other questions asked concern religiosity, futures desired for children, marital preferences...

Class and power in a Punjabi village
Book 1977 Ahmad, Saghir

West PunjabiAsia > South Asia
This book has four parts: an introduction by an outsider author, an ethnography of a Punjabi village, and two essays critiquing Western modernization and population control policies. In the main ethnography, the author examines how two major state po...