The Hazaras of Afghanistan

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Introduction; 1: Who are the Hazaras?; 2: Social structure; 3: Culture and belief; 4: Socio-economic relations and mode of production; 5: Socio-political change in Hazara society since the 1890s; 6: Old people, new societies; 7: The Hazaras in contemporary Afghanistan; 8: The Hazaras in the 1980s; 9: The Hazars in the 1990s; Conclusion

About the author

S. A. Mousavi

Summary

This work offers a study of the second largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan: the Hazaras. It also confronts the subject of an Afghan sense of national identity, a concept crucial to the resolution of Afghanistan's crises.

Product details

• Authors: S. A. Mousavi, Sayed Askar Mousavi
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780700706303
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-0630-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Afghanistan, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social groups, Physical anthropology, Social groups, communities and identities