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The making of modern Afghanistan / B.D. Hopkins.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: (Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series)Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2008, 2012. Description: xix, 259 pages : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230302372
  • 9780230554214
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS361. H67 2012
Contents:
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trade corridor—Conclusion : the ‘failure’ of the Afghan political project—Epilogue—Notes—Glossary of foreign terms—Unpublished sources—Bibliography—Index.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS361.H67 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000359884
Total holds: 0

“Reprint. Originally published in 2008”.

“Based on the author’s doctoral dissertation, University of Cambridge”.

“Includes bibliography”—(pages 234-249)

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trade corridor—Conclusion : the ‘failure’ of the Afghan political project—Epilogue—Notes—Glossary of foreign terms—Unpublished sources—Bibliography—Index.

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