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Connecting histories in Afghanistan : market relations and state formation on a colonial frontier / Shah Mahmoud Hanifi.

Author/creator Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press,
Descriptionxviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : the historical location and conceptual framing of Afghanistan -- Financing the Kabul produce -- Contracting nomadic carriage for an aquatic agenda -- Fiscal instability and state revenue reformulation during the first British occupation -- Capital concentrations and coordinations : Peshawar subsidies and Kabul workshops -- New state texts and old commercial flows -- Mutual evasion between Afghanistan and the global marketplace -- Conclusion : deflecting colonial canons and cannons : alternate routes to knowing Afghanistan.
General noteOriginally published online in 2008 by Columbia University Press.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010043063
ISBN9780804774116 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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