A Broken Record: Institutions, Community and Development in Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9781108832632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Atiyab Sultan

Opis

Explores the microeconomic history of the Punjab to situate many popular, current themes in development studies in the historical context.

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Figures and illustrations; Introduction – Institutions, debt and the deadweight of history: Punjab C.1900–1947; 1. Glass half full? Two views of the Punjab; 2. An alternate economic history of the Punjab; 3. Combating indebtedness I – Laws and institutions; 4. Combating indebtedness II – Community development in colonial Punjab; 5. The bureaucrat's burden: Tales of reform and development; 6. Colonialism and the discourse on development; Postscript; Bibliography.