Remoteness and modernity : transformation and continuity in northern Pakistan
- Author/Creator:
- Hussain, Shafqat, author
- Publication/Creation:
- New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Remoteness and modernity : transformation and continuity in northern Pakistan / Shafqat Hussain
- Series Titles:
- Agrarian studies series
Yale agrarian studies.
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Historical geography
Physical geography--Social aspects--Pakistan--Hunza
Ethnicity--Pakistan--Hunza
Hunza (Pakistan)--Civilization
Hunza (Pakistan)--Rural conditions
Description/Summary
- 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"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xvi, 262 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990035848380302486
- ISBN:
- 9780300205558
0300205554 - OCLC Number:
- 893896522
- Barcode:
- 010002836179
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