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The Making of Modern Afghanistan / by B. Hopkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkins, B. D., 1978- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, 2635-1641
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Middle East.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- World politics.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- History, Modern.
- Military history.
- Middle Eastern Culture.
- Asian History.
- Political History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Modern History.
- Military History.
- Local Subjects:
- Middle Eastern Culture.
- Asian History.
- Political History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Modern History.
- Military History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2008.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain's imperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more than pawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the 'Great Game'. .
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 The Power of Colonial Knowledge; 2 The Myth of the 'Great Game'; 3 Anglo-Sikh Relations and South Asian Warfare; 4 Ontology of the Afghan Political Community; 5 Camels, Caravans and Corridor Cities: The Afghan Economy; 6 The Afghan Trade Corridor; Conclusion: The 'Failure' of the Afghan Political Project; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary of Foreign Terms; Unpublished Sources; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, University of Cambridge.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612197888
- 9781349363797
- 1349363790
- 9781282197886
- 1282197886
- 9780230228764
- 0230228763
- OCLC:
- 432643968
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