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Tribalism, ethnicity, and the state in Pakistani Baluchistan : the economics and politics of detribalization in an urban setting / by Paul Brian Titus.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: California : University of California, 1991.Description: xiv, 337 p. ; 22 x 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • DS 392 .B28 .T58 1991
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“Includes bibliography”—(p. 308-337).

Spiral bound.

Contents: Introduction—I. Who is Baluch? : ethnicity and tribalism in Baluchistan—II. Baluchnama : the course of Baluch history—III. In the land of the pure : Baluch in the post-colonial state—IV. Little London : Quetta and its Baluch population—V. Routes to ethnicity : the economics of bus transportation in Baluchistan—VI. Unity and welfare : the ‘Itehads’ of Quetta—VII. Sardars, Mullahs, and Muslim leaguers : political parties and elections in Baluchistan—VIII. Disturbing boundaries : changing ethnic processes in Balluchistan—Summary and conclusion—Appendix—Bibliography—List of tables—List of maps—Abbreviations & transliterations.

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