Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britainb simperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more than pawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the b Great Gameb . ÍNDICE: List of Maps - Note on Transliteration - Glossary of Foreign Terms- Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Power of Colonial Knowledge - The Myths of the b Great Gameb - Anglo-Sikh Relations and South Asian Warfare - Ontology of the Afghan Political Community - Camels, Caravan and Corridor Cities: The Afghan Economy - The Afghan Trade Corridor - The b Failureb of the Afghan Political Project - Epilogue - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-55421-4
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 24/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés