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The Making of Modern Afghanistan

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  • © 2008

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  1. B. D. Hopkins
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Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Power of Colonial Knowledge

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 11-33

  4. The Myth of the ‘Great Game’

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 34-60

  5. Anglo-Sikh Relations and South Asian Warfare

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 61-81

  6. Ontology of the Afghan Political Community

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 82-109

  7. Camels, Caravans and Corridor Cities

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 110-135

  8. The Afghan Trade Corridor

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 136-162

  9. Conclusion

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 163-173

  10. Epilogue

    • B. D. Hopkins
    Pages 174-175

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 176-258
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About this book

Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain's imperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more than pawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the 'Great Game'. 

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'A complex book both in its argument and its presentation. [...] This is a book written with serious intent and deserves close scrutiny.' - Asian Affairs 

 

About the author

B. D.HOPKINS is currently an Assistant Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. His work focuses on modern South Asian history, in particular that of Afghanistan and the northwest frontier during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is also co-author (with Magnus Marsden) of Fragments of the Afghan Frontier, as well as numerous journalarticles. 

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