| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
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Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Groups and violence : ethnography and suspicion -- Social organization in Istalif : making pots -- How making pots bound people together : the art of finding a bargain -- And selling pots tore people apart : telling stories -- Leadership, descent, and marriage : dinner -- Cultural definitions of power in Istalif : election day -- Masterly inactivity : the politics of stagnation : the director of intelligence -- The Afghan state as a useful fiction : Paktya : eighteen months later -- Thinking about violence, social organization, and international intervention. |
| Summary |
Offering the first long-term on-the-ground study since the arrival of allied forces in 2001, Noah Coburn introduces readers to daily life in Afghanistan through portraits of local residents and stories of his own experiences. He reveals the ways in which the international community has misunderstood the forces driving local conflict and the insurgency, misunderstandings that have ultimately contributed to the political unrest rather than resolved it. -- From publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Potters -- Afghanistan -- Istālif.
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Potters. |
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Afghanistan -- Istālif. |
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Political culture -- Afghanistan -- Istālif.
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Political culture. |
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Ethnology -- Afghanistan -- Istālif.
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Ethnology. |
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Istālif (Afghanistan) -- Politics and government.
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Istālif (Afghanistan) -- Social conditions.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General. |
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Politics and government. |
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coburn, Noah. Bazaar politics. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011004859 |
| ISBN |
9780804778909 (electronic book) |
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0804778906 (electronic book) |
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0804776717 |
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9780804776714 |
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0804776725 |
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9780804776721 |
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9780804776714 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804776721 |
| Standard No. |
9780804776714 |
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