S. Agha

The subject of this dissertation is the 1897 Pukhtun revolt in the North-West Frontier of British India. The Frontier occupies a unique place in the history of British colonialism. The British were unable to conquer this region or subdue its inhabitants—the Pukhtun tribes—despit…

This dissertation uses the 1991 Pakistan Integrated Household Survey to better understand factors responsible for the sustained high infant mortality level in Pakistan. The dissertation is organized in the form of four independent studies that complement each other. The first st…