Pamirian crossroads : Kirghiz and Wakhi of High Asia /

Mapping the Pamirs and Wakhan mountain areas in High Asia, the author researches marginal border areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan and how they were used by the Kirghiz and Wakhi peoples over time. Both archival and published textual, photographic and cartographic resources are us...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kreutzmann, Hermann (Autor)
Otros Autores: Beck, Anne (Editor), Hilberer, Bernd (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015.
Temas:
Kreutzmann, Hermann > 1955-
PAMIR
Population geography > Pamir.
Population geography > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Kyrgyz.
Wakhi (Asian people)
Borderlands > Pamir.
Borderlands > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Migration, Internal > Pamir.
Migration, Internal > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Human geography > Pamir.
Human geography > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Géographie de la population > Pamir.
Kirghiz.
Régions frontalières > Pamir.
Migration intérieure > Pamir.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
Borderlands
Historical geography
Human geography
Kyrgyz
Migration, Internal
Population geography
Pamirsprachen
Kirgisen
Wachī
Pamir > Historical geography.
Vākhān (Afghanistan : Region) > Historical geography.
Pamir > Maps.
Vākhān (Afghanistan : Region) > Maps.
Pamir > Géographie historique.
Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Asia > Pamir
Zentralasien
Asien
Maps
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Mapping the Pamirs and Wakhan mountain areas in High Asia, the author researches marginal border areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan and how they were used by the Kirghiz and Wakhi peoples over time. Both archival and published textual, photographic and cartographic resources are used to illustrate this exploration of remote Asian mountain areas in the context of boundary-making, crossroads, communities, and migration.
Notas:Includes glossary of important terms and toponyms.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (559 pages) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps (chiefly color), portraits
Bibliografía:Includes many physical and historical maps and includes a bibliography of maps.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-551) and index.
ISBN:9783447194532
3447194537
344710449X
9783447104494

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