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UNINA9910816074803321 |
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Ahmed Akbar S. |
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Pukhtun economy and society : traditional structure and economic development in a tribal society / / Akbar S. Ahmed |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-59890-1 |
0-203-35743-4 |
1-299-28805-7 |
1-136-59891-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (451 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pushtuns |
Pakistan Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1980 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Tribal models -- pt. 3. Encapsulating systems, economic development and tribal strategy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 1980, this groundbreaking Routledge Revival is a reissue of an original and authentic anthropological account of Pukhtun society by Professor Akbar Ahmed. Combining extensive fieldwork data collected among the Mohmand tribe in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan with historical and literary sources, Professor Ahmed's study seeks to construct an ideal-type model of Pukhtun society based on the ideal Code of the Pukhtuns and to analyse the conditions of its maintenance and transformation. The author's thesis is that this ideal model exists within Pukht |
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