LEADER 03761nam 22005892 450 001 9910585960403321 005 20230125205108.0 010 $a1-108-97650-6 010 $a1-108-96885-6 010 $a1-108-97438-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000012011755 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781108974387 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90915 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012011755 100 $a20200806d2021|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeyond the silk roads $etrade, mobility and geopolitics across Eurasia /$fMagnus Marsden$b[electronic resource] 210 $cCambridge University Press$d2021 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAsian connections 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2021). 311 $a1-108-83831-6 327 $aIntroduction: Beyond the silk roads -- 'Take your help away and leave us in peace!' the anthropology of geopolitics as lived -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (1) : the Eurasian world--China, Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (2) : West Asia--China, the Arabian Peninsula and Turkey -- 'Welcome to Yiwu, China international trade city' everyday life in a Chinese commercial node -- Minorities, commerce and the legacy of Muslim Asia's urban cosmopolitanism : Afghanistan's Hindus and Sikhs -- An alternative Eurasian economic geography : Afghanistan's role in long-distance distance trade -- Afghan restaurants in inter-Asian worlds : prestige, information pooling and cross-cultural exchange in long-distance trade -- Conclusion: Geopolitics, critical responsiveness and navigational agency in Eurasian connectivity. 330 $aSmall-scale traders play a crucial role in forging Asian connectivity, forming networks and informal institutions separate from those driven by nation-states, such as China's Belt and Road Initiative. This ambitious study provides a unique insight into the lives of the mobile traders from Afghanistan who traverse Eurasia. Reflecting on over a decade of intensive ethnographic fieldwork, Magnus Marsden introduces readers to a dynamic yet historically durable universe of commercial and cultural connections. Through an exploration of the traders' networks, cultural and religious identities, as well as the nodes in which they operate, Marsden emphasises their ability to navigate Eurasia's geopolitical tensions and to forge transregional routes that channel significant flows of people, resources, and ideas. Beyond the Silk Roads will interest those seeking to understand contemporary iterations of the Silk Road within the context of geopolitics in the region. This title is also available as Open Access. 410 0$aAsian connections. 606 $aMerchants, Foreign$xSocial networks$zEurasia 606 $aGeopolitics$zEurasia 606 $aAfghans$xCommerce$zEurasia 606 $aBusiness networks$zEurasia 607 $aEurasia$xCommerce 610 $aEurasian history 610 $asocial and cultural anthropology 610 $aAfghanistan 610 $amigration and diaspora 615 0$aMerchants, Foreign$xSocial networks 615 0$aGeopolitics 615 0$aAfghans$xCommerce 615 0$aBusiness networks 676 $a382.095 686 $aSOC002010$2bisacsh 700 $aMarsden$b Magnus$01252882 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910585960403321 996 $aBeyond the silk roads$92904689 997 $aUNINA