Punjabi Village in Pakistan.

By:

Eglar, Zekiye

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York; Columbia University Press .; 1960Description: 240 pSubject(s):

Villages

DDC classification:

307.72 EGL

Summary: This is a study of village life in the Punjab. The people studied are Muslims, and the locus of the study is the village of Mohla, in Gujrat district, the neighboring villages which, together with Mohla, form a loosely organized cluster, and a few more distant villages which are linked to Mohla mainly through ties of marriage. Emphasis is placed on one of the institutions important in the traditional life of the village people vartan bhanji, a complex mechanism for the exchange of gifts and services-which has served as a principal means of integration in this society.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	307.72 EGL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		11083

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This is a study of village life in the Punjab. The people studied are Muslims, and the locus of the study is the village of Mohla, in Gujrat district, the neighboring villages which, together with Mohla, form a loosely organized cluster, and a few more distant villages which are linked to Mohla mainly through ties of marriage. Emphasis is placed on one of the institutions important in the traditional life of the village people vartan bhanji, a complex mechanism for the exchange of gifts and services-which has served as a principal means of integration in this society.

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