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Autore |
Jewett A. C |
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Titolo |
An American engineer in Afghanistan / / from the letters and notes of A.C. Jewett ; ed. by Marjorie Jewett Bell |
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Minneapolis, : Univ. of Minnesota Press, [1948] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Afghanistan Social life and customs |
Afghanistan Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ON THE ROAD TO KABUL; KABUL; JABAL-US-SIRAJ, MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT; THE OLD MAN WITH THE WHITE BEARD; WINTER QUARTERS; A TELEPHONE MESSAGE; A GUEST IS A FRIEND FOR THREE DAYS; FROM THE TOWER ROOM OF THE OLD FORT; SPECIAL RUNNERS CARRY THE AMIR'S DAK; THE RURAL KOHISTANIS; IDLING AT BABER SARAI; ABDUR RAHMAN, THE DURANI CHIEF; IN THE SERVICE OF HIS MAJESTY; THE BETTER MOON; THE WAY OF A KING AT THE KABUL COURT; A FIRMAN FOR LEAVE; JALALABAD; THE TURKISH HAJJI; ON LEAVE IN INDIA; THE ELEPHANT CARTS ARE COMING; THE SPARROW AND THE WISDOM OF SA'DI; THIEVES AND BUDMASHES |
THE LIGHT OF THE NATION AND THE FAITH; WAITING FOR LEAVE; THE PUNJAB BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED; KOHISTAN BOUND; THE PAST IS PAST; THE BROWN MAN'S BURDEN; FROM THE KOTI SETAREH ENCLOSURE; LETTERS TO DAVID FAIRCHILD; FED BY THE SNOWS OF THE HINDU KUSH; THIS YEAR WAS AS MUCH AS FIFTY; FOOL MOHAMMAD BLOWS THE BELLOWS; KAFIR IDOLS; UNCAUGHT SPARROWS ARE CHEAP; WE GET UP WITH THE LARK; KABUL OF RECENT TIMES; A LAMP IS LIT; THE CODE OF THE KINGDOM; KISMET; TAMAM SHUD; GLOSSARY |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An American Engineer in Afghanistan was first published in 1948. The legend of Afghanistan as ""The Forbidden Country"" grew chiefly from a warning of the British Indian Government which once guarded the Afghan frontier north of the Khyber Pass -- ""It is absolutely forbidden to cross this border into Afghanistan."" A glance at the endsheet map in |
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