Beyond Swat - History, Society and Economy Along the Afghanistan-pakistan Frontier

Informationen zum Autor Magnus Marsden is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He has spent 15 years conducting research in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Benjamin D. Hopkins is an Assistant Professor in History and International Affairs at the George Washington University, Washington DC and a Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Klappentext Beyond Swat readdresses Fredrik Barth's seminal work Political Leadership among Swat Pathans, and the reactions it sparked, in relationship to contemporary developments in Swat and the wider Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier region. It explores the relevance of these debates to understanding the key dynamics affecting the region and its people.

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Marsden, Magnus (EDT)/ Hopkins Marsden
• Assisted by: Benjamin Hopkins (Editor), Magnus Marsden (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.12.2012
• EAN: 9780199327775
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932777-5
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 224 mm x 26 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous