The Making of Modern Afghanistan.
Hopkins, B.
The Making of Modern Afghanistan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (278 pages) - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies . - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- I. Afghanistan imagined -- II. Situating Afghanistan -- III. The argument -- 1 The Power of Colonial Knowledge -- I. Introduction -- II. British imaginings -- III. Elphinstone's legacy -- IV. Conclusion -- 2 The Myth of the 'Great Game' -- I. Introduction -- II. The 'Great Game' -- III. The Indus Scheme -- IV. British policy west of the Indus -- V. Conclusion -- 3 Anglo-Sikh Relations and South Asian Warfare -- I. Introduction -- II. The failure of British strategy -- III. The Punjab and the 'military labour market' -- IV. The Afghan-Sikh conflict -- V. Conclusion -- 4 Ontology of the Afghan Political Community -- I. Introduction -- II. The contours of Afghanistan's social ecology -- III. A tribal kingdom: The evolution of the Afghan proto-state -- IV. Afghanistan's plundering polity model -- V. Afghanistan's Islamic moral landscape -- VI. 'Royalism' in an egalitarian society -- VII. Conclusion -- 5 Camels, Caravans and Corridor Cities: The Afghan Economy -- I. Introduction -- II. The Afghan transit economy -- III. Exogenous factors affecting the Afghan economy -- IV. Conclusion -- 6 The Afghan Trade Corridor -- I. Introduction -- II. Typology of caravan corridor cities -- III. Corridor cities of Central Asian caravan commerce -- IV. Conclusion -- Conclusion: The 'Failure' of the Afghan Political Project -- I. The creation of 'Afghanistan' -- II. The argument revisited -- III. Implications -- IV. The colonial legacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of Foreign Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z -- Unpublished Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
9780230228764
East India Company.
Afghanistan-History-19th century.
Electronic books.
GN635.N42
The Making of Modern Afghanistan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (278 pages) - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies . - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- I. Afghanistan imagined -- II. Situating Afghanistan -- III. The argument -- 1 The Power of Colonial Knowledge -- I. Introduction -- II. British imaginings -- III. Elphinstone's legacy -- IV. Conclusion -- 2 The Myth of the 'Great Game' -- I. Introduction -- II. The 'Great Game' -- III. The Indus Scheme -- IV. British policy west of the Indus -- V. Conclusion -- 3 Anglo-Sikh Relations and South Asian Warfare -- I. Introduction -- II. The failure of British strategy -- III. The Punjab and the 'military labour market' -- IV. The Afghan-Sikh conflict -- V. Conclusion -- 4 Ontology of the Afghan Political Community -- I. Introduction -- II. The contours of Afghanistan's social ecology -- III. A tribal kingdom: The evolution of the Afghan proto-state -- IV. Afghanistan's plundering polity model -- V. Afghanistan's Islamic moral landscape -- VI. 'Royalism' in an egalitarian society -- VII. Conclusion -- 5 Camels, Caravans and Corridor Cities: The Afghan Economy -- I. Introduction -- II. The Afghan transit economy -- III. Exogenous factors affecting the Afghan economy -- IV. Conclusion -- 6 The Afghan Trade Corridor -- I. Introduction -- II. Typology of caravan corridor cities -- III. Corridor cities of Central Asian caravan commerce -- IV. Conclusion -- Conclusion: The 'Failure' of the Afghan Political Project -- I. The creation of 'Afghanistan' -- II. The argument revisited -- III. Implications -- IV. The colonial legacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of Foreign Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z -- Unpublished Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
9780230228764
East India Company.
Afghanistan-History-19th century.
Electronic books.
GN635.N42