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Author Leach, Edmund

Title Social and Economic Organization of the Rowanduz Kurds
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 1940

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Description 1 online resource (91 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Definition of the Problem -- Introduction -- Note on Kurdish names -- The Field of Investigation -- Method of Analysis -- The External Administration -- Chapter 2. Social Organisation -- Political Structure -- Definition of Units -- Inheritance of Land Tenure -- The Clan Agha -- The Tribal Agha -- Kinship Structure -- Marriage of Commoners -- Marriage of Aghas -- Comparison with observations made by Hay -- Points of Analysis calling for further study -- Areas other than the Balik -- The Nomads
Chapter 3. Economic Organisation -- The Guest House -- The Expenditure of the Agha -- Economic Balance of the Village Community -- Effects of an increase in Tobacco Cultivation -- Economic Relations within the Village -- Crafts -- Traders -- Tobacco Marketing -- Marriage -- Death -- The Mulla -- Chapter 4. Social and Economic Aspects of Kurdish Techniques -- The Relevance of Technology in a Social Study -- Land Scarcity, House Construction and Kinship -- Ploughing -- Threshing -- Land Utilisation -- Rice -- The Mill -- Weaving
Chapter 5. Factors of Minor Economic Significance. 1) Warfare 2) Religion -- Warfare -- The Feud -- Religious Organisation -- The Mulla -- The Mosque -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Limitations of Foregoing Material -- Positive Contribution -- Appendix -- Table of Kinship Terms -- Technical Diagrams -- A. Kurdish Loom -- B. Kurdish Mill -- Maps -- 1. Erbil liwa -- 2. Rowanduz district -- 3. Walash Village -- Photographs
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000325300
100032530X