The Village Culture in Transition : A Study of East Pakistan Rural Society

PREFACE CONTENTS Tables CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. LIFE IN THE VILLAGES CHAPTER III. THE VILLAGE FAMILY CHAPTER IV. SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATIONS CHAPTER V. FACTIONALISM IN THE VILLAGES CHAPTER VI. RITUALS, SUPERSTITIONS, AND FATALISTIC BELIEFS CHAPTER VII. VALUE ORIENTATION CHAPTER VIII. THE VILLAGE AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD CHAPTER IX. THE VILLAGE CULTURE UNDER STRESS APPENDIX: Household Articles of an Average Village Family GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY