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Revolutions and rebellions in Afghanistan : anthropological perspectives /

When originally published in 1984, Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan provided the first focused consideration of the 1978 Saur Revolution and the subsequent Soviet invasion and occupation of the country. Nearly four decades later, its conclusions remain crucial to understanding Afghanistan t...

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Main Authors: Dupree, Louis, 1925-1989 (Author), Katz, David J. (Author), Keiser, R. Lincoln, 1937- (Author), Barfield, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1950- (Author), Beattie, Hugh (Author), Tapper, Richard (Richard Lionel) (Author), Tavakolian, Bahram (Author), Anderson, Jon W. (Author)
Other Authors: Shahrani, M. Nazif Mohib, 1945- (Editor), Canfield, Robert L. (Robert Leroy) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Afghanistan > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0253066786
9780253066794
0253066794
9780253066787
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan: Anthropological Perspectives, 2022 Edition / M. Nazif Shahrani and Robert L. Canfield
  • Preface / Robert L. Canfield
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Marxist "Revolution" and Islamic Resistance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani
  • Chapter 2. The Marxist Regimes and the Soviet Presence in Afghanistan: An Ages-Old Culture Responds to Late Twentieth-Century Aggression / Louis Dupree
  • Part II: Nuristan and Eastern Afghanistan
  • Chapter 4. Responses to Central Authority in Nuristan: The Case of the Väygal Valley Kalasha / David J. Katz
  • Chapter 5. The Rebellion in Darra-i Nur / R. Lincoln Keiser
  • Part III: Qataghan and Badakhshan
  • Chapter 6. Causes and Context of Responses to the Saur Revolution in Badakhshan / M. Nazif Shahrani
  • Chapter 7. Weak Links on a Rusty Chain: Structural Weaknesses in Afghanistan's Provincial Government Administration / Thomas J. Barfield
  • Chapter 8. Effects of the Saur Revolution in the Nahrin Area of Northern Afghanistan / Hugh Beattie
  • Part IV: Bamyan and Turkistan
  • Chapter 9. Islamic Coalitions in Bamyan: A Problem in Translating Afghan Political Culture / Robert L. Canfield
  • Chapter 10. Ethnicity and Class: Dimensions of Intergroup Conflict in North-Central Afghanistan / Richard Tapper
  • Part V: Western and Southern Afghanistan
  • Chapter 11. Sheikhanzai Nomads and the Afghan State: A Study of Indigenous Authority and Foreign Rule / Bahram Tavakolian
  • Chapter 12. How Afghans Define Themselves in Relation to Islam / Jon W. Anderson
  • Part VI: The Saur Revolution and the Afghan Woman
  • Chapter 13. Causes and Consequences of the Abolition of Brideprice in Afghanistan / Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper
  • Chapter 14. Revolutionary Rhetoric and Afghan Women / Nancy Hatch Dupree
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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