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Economy and Culture in Pakistan

Migrants and Cities in a Muslim Society

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Hastings Donnan

    1. The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

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  2. Pnina Werbner

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Hastings Donnan, Pnina Werbner
    Pages 1-34

  3. Family and Low-income Housing in Karachi

    • Frits Selier
    Pages 35-61

  4. Security and Value: Squatter Dwellings in Karachi

    • Jan van der Linden
    Pages 62-76

  7. Pakistani Women in a Changing Society

    • Hamza Alavi
    Pages 124-142

  11. Ulema and Pir in the Politics of Pakistan

    • Saifur Rahman Sherani
    Pages 216-246

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 269-287
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About this book

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.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

    Hastings Donnan

  • Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

    Pnina Werbner

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economy and Culture in Pakistan

  • Book Subtitle: Migrants and Cities in a Muslim Society

  • Editors: Hastings Donnan, Pnina Werbner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11401-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Hastings Donnan and Pnina Werbner 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-11401-6Published: 18 June 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Sociology, general

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