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Remoteness and Modernity : Transformation and Continuity in Northern Pakistan /
This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain examines the surprisingly diverse ways the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. He also explores how the Hun...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Yale Agrarian Studies Series
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain examines the surprisingly diverse ways the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. He also explores how the Hunza people perceived British colonialists, Pakistani state officials, modern-day Westerners, and others, and how the local people used their remote status strategically, ensuring their own interests were served as they engaged with the outside world. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780300213355 9783110672503 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |