Nomadism & colonialism : a hundred years of Baluchistan, 1872-1972 / Fred Scholz ; translated from the German by Hugh van Skyhawk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scholz, Fred.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Nomads--Balochistan Region--Social conditions.

Nomads.

Social conditions.

Balochistan Region--Colonial influence.

Balochistan Region.

Baluchistan--Social conditions--19th century.

Baluchistan--Social conditions--20th century.

Local Subjects:

Baluchistan--Social conditions--19th century.

Baluchistan--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

xviii, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Contents:

II. A physical and cultural geographical introduction to the province of Baluchistan 6

A. The basis of economic and living conditions in Baluchistan in terms of physical geography 6

1. Topography and division into natural regions 6

2. The climate and its spatial differentiation 13

3. Evaluative summary of the physical geographical circumstances for economic and living conditions in Baluchistan 17

B. Some historical and cultural geographic aspects for an understanding of economic and living conditions in Baluchistan 20

1. The historico-political and territorial development of Baluchistan up to the nineteenth century 21

2. Tribal and spatial differentiation of the population of Baluchistan 24

a. The tribes and their distribution 24

b. Statistical population distribution 29

3. The relative position of Baluchistan within Pakistan in the political and demographic context 32

III. Thoughts on a social-geographic concept for the analysis of modern change in nomadic tribes 35

A. Development in nomadic Lebensraum (living space) reflected in geographic research 35

B. An experiment in the establishment of theoretical principles of modern change in the nomadic Lebensraum 41

C. Regional mobility

a definition of terms 44

D. Formulation of the research question and overview of the methodological structure of the main part 45

IV. Analysis of the changes in the nomadic Lebensraum of Baluchistan since the beginning of British colonial rule (close of the nineteenth century) 48

A. The principal tribal groups, Baloch, Brahui, and Pathans, at the close of the nineteenth century 48

1. Origin and development of the tribes 48

a. Brahui and Baloch 49

b. Pathans 55

2. The organizational and social structures of the tribes 56

3. The patterns of spatial realization of tribes in the nineteenth century 65

a. Significance of the sedentary and mobile population, and the rural and urban settlements 65

b. Regional mobility behaviour as spatial expression of the political, social, and economic structures among the tribes 72

B. Developments overarching the tribes since the close of the nineteenth century 89

1. The goals and methods of the British colonial government and the Government of Pakistan in Baluchistan 90

a. Phase of the 'closed border system' (ca. 1839-76) 91

b. Phase of 'forward policy' and 'indirect rule' (1876-1947) 93

c. Phase of Pakistan politics (since 1947) 96

2. The consequences of British colonial and Pakistan politics 100

a. Administration and territorial structure 100

b. Goals and degree of access for commercial traffic 106

c. Development of the urban system of settlement and the urban way of life 111

d. Promotion of the economy and its present situation 119

C. Changes in the tribes of Baluchistan and their present condition 132

1. The process and effects of exerting influence from above 133

2. Changes in tribal organization 138

3. The patterns of spatial realization of present-day tribes 143

a. Development and significance of the sedentary and mobile population and the present condition of the rural system of settlement 144

b. Regional mobility behaviour in 1970 as a spatial expression of general and internal changes in the tribes 155

c. The change in regional mobility behaviour demonstrated by the examples of selected tribes 173

V. Individual case studies: Process and result of changes in two selected tribes 200

A. The Hasni tribe 200

1. Origin and structure of the Hasni tribe 200

2. Profile of development I (1888-1900) 202

3. Profile of development II (1900-60) 210

4. Profile of development III (1960-70) 214

B. The Bangulzai tribe 231

1. The development of the tribe up to the close of the nineteenth century 231

a. Basic elements of the economy 237

b. System of settlement 241

c. Regional mobility behaviour 241

2. The causes and the process of change 244

a. British colonial period 245

b. Pakistan period 253

3. The consequences of the changes in the pattern of spatial realization 258

a. Development and form of settlement 258

b. Development and present situation of the economy 271

c. Regional mobility behaviour 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195796381

OCLC:

49988369