Afghanistan

by Dupree, Louis

• ISBN13: 9780691000237
• ISBN10: 0691000239
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1980-03-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Afghanistan, written in 1973, looks at this age old land and country as it was before the Soviet invasion. It contains two epilogues; one written in 1978 and the other in 1980 right before the Soviet invasion. Afghanistan traces the development of this country from tribal and politicallyunstable towards a system of representative government consistent with its cultural and historical patterns. The book traces the socio-economic, cultural and political development of this rugged country and can serve as an indicator of things to come in this unsettled land. Apart from the narrativethe author presents all this material to us through charts, maps and illustrations. It also contains appendices on music and calendars used in Afghanistan.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, Maps, Charts, and Diagrams
Introduction
Acknowledgments
The Land	p. 1
Geographic Zones	p. 3
Water	p. 33
Areas Drastically Affected by Man	p. 43
Domesticated Animals	p. 47
Fauna	p. 51
The People	p. 55
Ethnic Groups	p. 57
Language	p. 66
Religious Non-Literacy in a Literate Culture	p. 95
Folklore and Folk Music	p. 112
Settlement Patterns	p. 132
Life Cycle	p. 181
The Inward-Looking Society	p. 248
The Past	p. 253
The Prehistoric Sequence	p. 255
East and West Meet and Mingle	p. 272
Invasions and Commerce	p. 296
Islam Spreads Its Banner	p. 312
The Age of European Imperialism	p. 343
The Present	p. 415
Amir Abdur Rahman Khan: 1880-1901	p. 417
Habibullah: 1901-1919	p. 430
King Amanullah: 1919-1929	p. 441
King Mohammad Nadir Shah: 1929-1933	p. 458
The Avuncular Period: 1933-1953	p. 477
The Decade of Daoud: 1953-1963	p. 499
The Constitutional Period Begins: 1963-?	p. 559
Problems and Prospects	p. 659
Domesticated Plants in Afghanistan	p. 669
Fauna in Afghanistan	p. 670
Medicinal Plants in Afghanistan	p. 672
Calendars Used in Afghanistan	p. 674
Folk Music and Instruments (with Illustrations)	p. 677
Memoires de la Delegation Archeologique Francaise en Afghanistan	p. 689
Afghan Cabinets: 1963-71	p. 690
AUFS Reports on Afghanistan by Louis Dupree: 1959-71	p. 695
Bibliography	p. 699
Index	p. 723
Epilogue (1973)	p. 753
Epilogue to the Second printing (1978)	p. 761
Epilogue (1980)	p. 769
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