test.py

# test.csv
# 
# A,B,"C D"
# 1,2,"3 4"
# 5,6,7

import csv

ifile  = open('test.csv', "rb")
reader = csv.reader(ifile)

rownum = 0
colnum = 0
data = []

for row in reader:

  if rownum == 0:
    header = row
  else:
    colnum = 0
  
    for col in row:
      row_data = {}
      row_data[header[colnum]] = col
      data.append(row_data)
      colnum += 1
  rownum += 1

print data
# [{'A': '1'}, {'B': '2'}, {'C D': '3 4'}, {'A': '5'}, {'B': '6'}, {'C D': '7'}]


ifile.close()