02469nam 22005655 450 991098467060332120191126113341.09781501745911150174591310.7591/9781501745911(CKB)4100000009678165(DE-B1597)534087(OCoLC)1129171442(DE-B1597)9781501745911(MiAaPQ)EBC31211669(Au-PeEL)EBL31211669(EXLCZ)99410000000967816520191126d2019 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRoads and Rivals The Political Uses of Access in the Borderlands of Asia /Mahnaz Ispahani1st ed.Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]©19891 online resource (256 p.) 13 illustrations, 12 maps9780801422201 0801422205 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Routes and States -- 2. Baluchistan and Its Environs: The Motives for Access -- 3. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Soviet Union: The Price of Access -- 4. The Karakoram and Himalayan Borderlands: The Consequences of Access -- 5. The Politics of Routes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexOver the past two centuries, the borderlands of Central, South, and West Asia have been transformed from the remote peripheries into areas of intense regional and international interest. In Roads and Rivals, Mahnaz Ispahani explores the crucial but unacknowledged role that land routes have played in the strategic, political, and economic evolution of those borderlands.GeopoliticsAsiaRoadsAsiaPolitical Science & Political HistoryPOLITICAL SCIENCE / World / AsianbisacshAsiaPolitics and government1945-AsiaStrategic aspectsGeopoliticsRoadsPolitical Science & Political History.POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian.320.95Ispahani Mahnaz, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut636636DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910984670603321Roads and rivals1186594UNINA