Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan, The: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers - Hardcover

M. Nazif Mohib Shahrani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0295956690 ISBN 13: 9780295956695

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 1979

Synopsis

A book that explores how the political situation has impacted these two ethnic groups who originate from Afghanistan and the surrounding countries.

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Review:

“A carefully developed ethnography that will surely be appreciated as one of the finest on peoples in Central Asia.

(MESA Bulletin)

“Shahrani’s work is doubly significant: it is an account of a people that are now virtually inaccessible to anthropological inquiry; and it is a work by a local or native anthropologist.

(Journal of Asian Studies)

This is a distinctive work, a valuable addition to studies of high-altitude adaptations that is still cited..The republication of the monograph, along with the new material, will enable another generation to appreciate this important work.

(Journal of Asian Studies)

Book Description:

This new edition of a highly praised ethnography of nomadic peoples in Afghanistan includes a discussion of the colonial roots of terrorism written since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0295956690
• ISBN 13: 9780295956695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1