Afghan nomads : caravans, conflicts and trade in Afghanistan and British India 1800-1980 / Klaus Ferdinand.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: Copenhagen : Rhodos International Science and Art Publishers, 2006.Description: 512 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 8772455756
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • B 5.2 FER 15188

“The Carlsberg Foundation’s Nomad Research Project”.

Contents: Editor’s preface : Danish nomad research, an overview

Ida Nicolaisen (p. 11-17)—Author’s preface

Klaus Ferdinand (p. 19-22)—Acknowledgements (p., 23-25)—Part 1 : East Afghanistan and its nomads: Chapter 1 Introduction (27-43)—Chapter 2 The nomadic setting (p. 45-77)—Chapter 3 Nomadic ways of life in east Afghanistan (p. 79-159)—Part 2 : Hazara and Pashtun relations in the 19th Century : Chapter 4 : The subjugation of Hazarajat in the 1890s (p. 161-211)—Chapter 5 : Recent developments in Hazarajat : Pashtun nomads, the Hazara and the Afghan state (p. 213-243)—Part 3 : Caravaneering and nomad bazaars : Chapter 6 Caravans, trade, and the British (p. 245-275)—Chapter 7 Trade in Central Afghanistan in the 19th and early 20th centuries (p. 277-301)—Chapter 8 : The Kerman bazaar (p. 302-317)—Chapter 9 New bazaars in the Aimaq area (p.l 319-369)—Chapter 10 Nomad bazaars in the Aimaq area in the 1960s and 1970s (p. 371-403)—Part 5 : Pashtun trading in British India : Chapter 11 Petty trading and money-lending in British India in the 19th and 20th centuries (p. 405-419)—Part 6 : The state and the nomads : Chapter 12 Historical perspectives (p. 421-443)—Epilogue : The revolutionary upheaval in April 1978, and its aftermath (p. 444-451)—Appendix 1 Pashtun groups : an overview (p. 452-458)—Appendix 2 : Roads and caravanserais (p. 459-473)—Appendix 3 Danish anthropology in Afghanistan 1953-1977 (p. 474-476)—Bibliography (pl. 477-488)—Glossary (pl 489-493)—General index (p. 494-509)—Index of personal names and authorities (p. 510-512).