Pukhtun economy and society : traditional structure and economic development in a tribal society / Akbar S. Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Akbar S., author.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pushtuns.

Pakistan--Economic conditions.

Pakistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1980, this groundbreaking Routledge Revival is a reissue of an original and authentic anthropological account of Pukhtun society by Professor Akbar Ahmed. Combining extensive fieldwork data collected among the Mohmand tribe in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan with historical and literary sources, Professor Ahmed's study seeks to construct an ideal-type model of Pukhtun society based on the ideal Code of the Pukhtuns and to analyse the conditions of its maintenance and transformation. The author's thesis is that this ideal model exists within Pukht

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Tribal models

pt. 3. Encapsulating systems, economic development and tribal strategy.

Notes:

First published in 1980 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-59890-1

0-203-35743-4

1-299-28805-7

1-136-59891-X

9780203357439

OCLC:

831119474