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Author : Peter Mayne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Narrow Smile written by Peter Mayne and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Mayne
Publisher : Eland Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781780602097
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Narrow Smile written by Peter Mayne and published by Eland Classics. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Narrow Smile is a portrait of the Pathan and their highland home on either side of the Pakistan-Afghan frontier. Peter Mayne grew up in India, and later spent four years on the Northwest Frontier during the Second World War. Mayne delighted in the company of these fierce but hospitable highlanders, who were as hard as the mountains that assured their independence but democratic to the point that no man admitted the right of another to lead him. In 1953, Mayne took a long journey to see what had become of his old friends in the high, flower-filled valleys on the roof of the world. But peace had always been a relative concept on this frontier, where Afghanistan was now eyeing Pashtun lands in a new iteration of the Great Game. Mayne's misadventures are sometimes serious, often very funny, and at all times compassionate.
Author : Elizabeth Hamilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019909361X
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Feringhees written by Elizabeth Hamilton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stiff upper lip, steely eyes and a cold heart is often how the English imperialist is pictured in popular imagination. Drawing from memoirs, commentaries and family letters, Elizabeth Hamilton brings forth an alternative portrayal of her ancestors, Sir Robert Hamilton and Sir William Barton. Their careers in India are set against the momentous events of their times to present a different side of the colonialists of a quiet people, dedicated to the tradition of upholding the law and avoiding conflict. Volume I, The Proud Empire, traces the life of Sir Robert Hamilton, from the beginning of his career under the watchful eye of his father, up until his retirement. Occupying multiple roles such as the Resident of Indore and Agent to the Governor General in the Central Provinces, he is seen interacting with various prominent Indian figures such as the Rani of Jhansi, Tantya Tope and Nana Sahib. The picture of the arrogant imperialist fades away to be replaced by that of someone keen to make a difference to the society he was working in, who encourages good governance, mends ties in the midst of escalating tensions and must recover cities occupied by insurgents, all the while shadowed by the burden of great personal losses. Volume II, The Straight Race, tracks Sir William Barton’s career in the early twentieth century. Starting in the Punjab and the North-West Frontier, he later served as Resident in the well-administered states of Mysore and Hyderabad, where he stood up to the Nizam, doing his best to set the administration on a less corrupt footing. Retirement did not deter Sir William’s close interest in Indian affairs; he returned twice on tour as an advisor to electrical companies and travelled with a Ministry of Supply mission during the Second World War. With three books and many articles for newspapers and journals on the subject, India remained an integral part of his life.
Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135456623
Total Pages : 3477 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)
Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration written by Jennifer Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 3477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author : Compiled by Sarah Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351958399
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Anderson’s Travel Companion written by Compiled by Sarah Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of the best in travel writing, with both fiction and non-fiction presented together, this companion is for all those who like travelling, like to think about travelling, and who take an interest in their destination. It covers guidebooks as well as books about food, history, art and architecture, religion, outdoor activities, illustrated books, autobiographies, biographies and fiction and lists books both in and out of print. Anderson's Travel Companion is arranged first by continent, then alphabetically by country and then by subject, cross-referenced where necessary. There is a separate section for guidebooks and comprehensive indexes. Sarah Anderson founded the Travel Bookshop in 1979 and is also a journalist and writer on travel subjects. She is known by well-known travel writers such as Michael Palin and Colin Thubron. Michael Palin chose her bookshop as his favourite shop and Colin Thubron and Geoffrey Moorhouse, among others, made suggestions for titles to include in the Travel Companion.
Author : Jeffery Roberts
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313057389
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan written by Jeffery Roberts and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Afghanistan's relations with the West during the latter half of the 20th century, this study offers new insights on the long-term origins of the nation's recent tragedies. Roberts finds that, since the 1930s in particular, Afghanistan pursued policies far more complex, and considerably more pro-Western, than previous studies have surmised. By the end of the Second World War, Britain and Afghanistan seemed headed toward an extensive partnership in military and economic affairs. Opportunities to cement Afghanistan to the West existed, but ultimately ran afoul of regional politics, shortsighted policy, and indifference. The rise of the Indian nationalist movement and the eventual partition of India would have strategic ramifications for Afghanistan. Pakistan and India, weakened and poised against each other, saw no reason to aid the Kabul regime, leaving only the United States as a potential benefactor. Successive American administrations, however, denied most Afghan requests. When the Eisenhower administration extended support to Pakistan, it alienated Afghan leaders, who then chose to broker a deal with the Soviet Union. Roberts analyzes recent American policy toward Afghanistan and its neighbors, clarifying the current situation and offering guidelines for future relations.
Author : Maximilian Drephal
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030239608
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy written by Maximilian Drephal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an institutional history of the British Legation in Kabul, which was established in response to the independence of Afghanistan in 1919. It contextualises this diplomatic mission in the wider remit of Anglo-Afghan relations and diplomacy from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the networks of family and profession that established the institution’s colonial foundations and its connections across South Asia and the Indian Ocean. The study presents the British Legation as a late imperial institution, which materialised colonialism's governmental practices in the age of independence. Ultimately, it demonstrates the continuation of asymmetries forged in the Anglo-Afghan encounter and shows how these were transformed into instances of diplomatic inequality in the realm of international relations. Approaching diplomacy through the themes of performance, the body and architecture, and in the context of knowledge transfers, this work offers new perspectives on international relations through a cultural history of diplomacy.
Author : K. S. McLachlan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429728670
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book A Bibliography Of Afghanistan written by K. S. McLachlan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date, comprehensive, thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan now and yesterday will help readers to efficiently find their way in the massive secondary literature available. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz. the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and expertly indexed. An indispensable entry for all those taking professional or personal interest in a nation so much the focus of attention today.
Author : Maureen Lines
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Beyond the North-West Frontier written by Maureen Lines and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781579584245
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P written by Jennifer Speake and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author : David Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Pakistan written by David Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of Chicago. College
Publisher : Chicago, Syllabus Division, U. ofChicago P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Introduction to the Civilization of India written by University of Chicago. College and published by Chicago, Syllabus Division, U. ofChicago P. This book was released on 1962 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chicago (Ill.). University. College
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book South Asia written by Chicago (Ill.). University. College and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Geographical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maureen Lines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Last Eden written by Maureen Lines and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Indian Civilization written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maureen Lines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Kalasha People of North-Western Pakistan written by Maureen Lines and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
