Format:
Online-Ressource (238 p.)
ISBN:
9780415349116
Content:
In this extraordinary book one of the world's leading authorities on Islam explains what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the underlying causes
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps and figures; Foreword by Francis Robinson; Preface to the revised edition; Preface to the first edition; List of abbreviations; Models and method; Waziristan: land, lineage, and culture; History as an expression of agnatic rivalry; Strategy and conflict in Waziristan; Order, ideology, and morality in Waziristan; Economic development and reinforcement of ideology in Waziristan; The anthropologist as political agent; The political agent as anthropologist; Islam and segmentary societies: the problem of definition; Tor (honor of women) cases
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Agreement between British and Wana WazirsStatement given by Mahsuds to British; The domicile certificate; List of political agents, South Waziristan Agency; List of commandants, South Waziristan Scouts; Glossary; Notes; References; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203337431
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415349109
Additional Edition:
Print version Resistance and Control in Pakistan
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
