TY - BOOK AU - Hopkins,B.D. TI - The making of modern Afghanistan / T2 - (Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series) SN - 9780230302372 AV - DS361. H67 2012 PY - 2008///, 2012. CY - New York : PB - Palgrave Macmillan, KW - East India Company KW - History. KW - Afghanistan KW - History KW - 19th century. N1 - “Reprint. Originally published in 2008”.; “Based on the author’s doctoral dissertation, University of Cambridge”.; 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trade corridor—Conclusion : the ‘failure’ of the Afghan political project—Epilogue—Notes—Glossary of foreign terms—Unpublished sources—Bibliography—Index ER -