{"product_id":"the-kirghiz-and-wakhi-of-afghanistan-adaptation-to-closed-frontiers-and-war-9780295982625","title":"The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan  Adaptation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition of a highly praised ethnography of nomadic peoples in Afghanistan includes a discussion of the colonial roots of terrorism written since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A carefully developed ethnography that will surely be appreciated as one of the finest on peoples in Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e * MESA Bulletin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shahrani’s work is doubly significant: it is an account of a people that are now virtually inaccessible to anthropological inquiry; and it is a work by a local or native anthropologist.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a distinctive work, a valuable addition to studies of high-altitude adaptations that is still cited..The republication of the monograph, along with the new material, will enable another generation to appreciate this important work.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the 2002 Edition: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Global Terror, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Original Edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One | Space, Time, and Human Communities\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Ecological Setting\u003cbr\u003e 2. History and Demographic Process\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two | Strategies of Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Wakhi High-Altitude Agropastoral Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Kirghiz Pastoral Subsistence System\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Kirghiz People, the Oey, and the Qorow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three | Closed Frontier\u003cbr\u003e 6. Territorial Loss: an Intracultural Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Adaptation to Socioeconomic and Cultural Restrictions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Coping with a Communist \"Revolution,\" State Failure, and War\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400911790423,"sku":"9780295982625","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295982625.jpg?v=1730471925","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kirghiz-and-wakhi-of-afghanistan-adaptation-to-closed-frontiers-and-war-9780295982625","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}