03237nam 2200649 a 450 991046166030332120200520144314.00-8047-7777-210.1515/9780804777773(CKB)2670000000094443(EBL)692445(OCoLC)726734850(SSID)ssj0000521657(PQKBManifestationID)11330814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521657(PQKBWorkID)10522759(PQKB)10257100(MiAaPQ)EBC692445(DE-B1597)564660(DE-B1597)9780804777773(Au-PeEL)EBL692445(CaPaEBR)ebr10470180(OCoLC)1178769487(EXLCZ)99267000000009444320101011h20112008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrConnecting histories in Afghanistan[electronic resource] market relations and state formation on a colonial frontier /Shah Mahmoud HanifiStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press2011, c20081 online resource (289 p.)Originally published online in 2008 by Columbia University Press.0-231-51226-0 0-8047-7411-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Colonial market knowledge and commercial experimentation -- pt. 2. The new outdated colonial political economy.Most histories of nineteenth-century Afghanistan argue that the country remained immune to the colonialism emanating from British India because, militarily, Afghan defenders were successful in keeping out British imperial invaders. However, despite these military victories, colonial influences still made their way into Afghanistan. Looking closely at commerce in and between Kabul, Peshawar, and Qandahar, this book reveals how local Afghan nomads and Indian bankers responded to state policies on trade. British colonial political emphasis on Kabul had significant commercial consequences both for the city itself and for the cities it displaced to become the capital of the emerging Afghan state. Focused on routing between three key markets, Connecting Histories in Afghanistan challenges the overtly political tone and Orientalist bias that characterize classic colonialism and much contemporary discussion of Afghanistan.HISTORY / Asia / India & South AsiabisacshAfghanistanCommerceHistory19th centuryAfghanistanPolitics and government19th centuryAfghanistanCommerceIndiaHistory19th centuryIndiaCommerceAfghanistanHistory19th centuryGreat BritainColoniesAsiaCommerceGreat BritainColoniesAsiaEconomic policyElectronic books.HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.382.09581/054Hanifi Shah Mahmoud1042277MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461660303321Connecting histories in Afghanistan2466390UNINA