Economy and culture in Pakistan : migrants and cities in a Muslim society
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Economy and culture in Pakistan : migrants and cities in a Muslim society
Macmillan, 1991
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Economy & culture in Pakistan : migrants and cities in a Muslim society
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An examination of the economic and cultural implications of the massive national and international movements of ordinary people in a single Muslim society - Pakistan. Topics covered range from nationhood and nationalities to migration, death and martrydom in rural Pakistan.
Table of Contents
- Family and low income housing in Karachi, Frits Selier
- security and value - squatter dwelling in Karachi, Jan van der Linden
- the impact of migration on Pakistan's economy and society, Omar Noman
- marriage and power - tradition and transition in an urban Punjabi community, Michael Fischer
- Pakistani women in a changing society, Hamza Alavi
- competing doctors, unequal patients - stratified medicine in Lahore, Wenonah Lyon
- nationhood and the nationalities in Pakistan, Hamza Alavi
- factionalism and violence in British Pakistani communal politics, Pnina Werbner
- Ulema and Pir in the politics of Pakistan, Saifur Rahman Sherani
- migration, death and martyrdom in rural Pakistan, Akbar S. Ahmed.
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