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Author Amīrī, Ghulām Raḥmān, author.

Title The Helmand Baluch : a native ethnography of the people of southwest Afghanistan / Ghulam Rahman Amiri ; edited and annotated by William B. Trousdale ; with contributions by Mitchell Allen and Babrak Amiri ; translated from the Dari by James Gehlhar, Mhairi Gehlhar, and Babrak Amiri
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Editors' Foreword -- Notes on Translation and Transliteration -- About the Author -- About the Editors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 History of Sistan -- Chapter 2 Geography of the Helmand Basin -- Chapter 3 Agricultural and Pastoral Production -- Chapter 4 Crafts, Trade, and Travel -- Chapter 5 Labor and Family Relationships -- Chapter 6 Education, Health, Religion, and Cultural Norms -- Conclusions -- Afterword: The Helmand Baluch as Native Ethnography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Summary "This rich ethnography describes the cultural, political, and economic systems of the Baluch people living in the lower Helmand River Valley of Afghanistan. It is an area that has received little study since the early 20th Century, yet is a region with a remarkable history in one of the most volatile territories in the world"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis afghan institute of archaeology
afghan
afghanistan
anthropology
archaeological mission
archaeology
baluch people
biographical
close knit communities
cultural social
economic systems
engaging
english translation
ethnographic monograph
extraordinary encounters
farsi
helmand river valley
history
lifetime
page turner
politics
realistic
remarkable history
remote places
revolutionaries
sistan region
social science
southwest afghanistan
villages
volatile territories
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2020)
Subject Baluchi (Southwest Asian people) -- Afghanistan -- Helmand River Valley
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Baluchi (Southwest Asian people)
SUBJECT Helmand River Valley (Afghanistan) -- History
Subject Afghanistan -- Helmand River Valley
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Gehlhar, James Norman, 1945- translator.
Gehlhar, Mhairi, translator.
Amiri, Babrak, translator, contributor.
Trousdale, William, editor.
Allen, Mitchell, 1951- contributor.
LC no. 2020035009
ISBN 1800730438
9781800730434