Author : Fredrik Barth
Release : 2020-09-08
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 486/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans by : Fredrik Barth
Download or read book Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans written by Fredrik Barth. This book was released on 2020-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans - and which emphasizes the importance of individual decision-making for wider social processes. This study describes certain aspects of the society of the Pathans of the Swat valley in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Except where other reference is given, the material on which it is based was collected by the author in the period February-November 1954.
