| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Yale agrarian studies series |
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Yale agrarian studies.
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| Contents |
Mirs of Hunza -- Chronology of the Hunza state and its relationships with surrounding polities -- Lifting the veil : the sacred and political geography of Hunza -- The friction and rhetoric of distance and the alterity of Hunza -- Frontier matters : irrelevance, romanticism, and transformation of Hunza society -- Rural romance and refuge from civilization -- The origin of a nation : Hunza and postcolonial identity -- On the edge of the world -- Strange strangers in the land of paradise -- Romanticism, environmentalism, and articulation of an ecological identity |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Historical geography.
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Physical geography -- Social aspects -- Pakistan -- Hunza
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Ethnicity -- Pakistan -- Hunza
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Civilization
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Ethnicity
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Historical geography
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Rural conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Hunza (Pakistan) -- Civilization
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Hunza (Pakistan) -- Rural conditions
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| Subject |
Pakistan -- Hunza
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014036350 |
| ISBN |
9780300213355 |
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0300213352 |
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