Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain's imperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more thanpawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the 'Great Game'. B. D. HOPKINSis currently research fellow at Corpus Christi College Cambridge, UK. He has also been a Fellow in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics. His research and teaching interests includeSouth Asian History, British Imperialism, the History of Afghanistan and the Northwest Frontier. INDICE: List of Maps - Note on Transliteration - Glossary of Foreign Terms- Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Power of Colonial Knowledge - The Myths of the 'Great Game' - 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 'Failure' of the Afghan Political Project - Epilogue - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-30237-2
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 04/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés