Muslim Women of the British Punjab: From Seclusion to Politics - Hardcover

Saiyid, Dushka

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312214596 ISBN 13: 9780312214593

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998

Synopsis

Saiyid (history, Quaid-I-Azam U., Islamabad, Pakistan) examines how and why the societal position and role of Punjabi Muslim women underwent a transformation during the period of British colonialism. Its focus is on tracing the role of the government, Muslim reformers, and intellectuals in bringing about this transformation. Appendices offer the text of a number of relevant legal documents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author:

DUSHKA SAIYID is Assistant Professor at the Department of History, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad. She was educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Columbia University, New York. The author has been teaching at the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, since 1979, where she is currently Assistant Professor of History. Her publications include: Exporting Communism to India: Why Moscow Failed, and Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, 1995.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312214596
• ISBN 13: 9780312214593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 145