North Pakistan
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-62033-5 (ISBN)
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This is a study of the Hindukush-Karakorum-Himalaya borderlands, historically a complex frontier of small principalities and anarchic communities. Chapters cover such topics as: political formation; the role of women; society and habitat; the physical and biotic environment; and relations of the mountain folk with the dominant plain and hill culture of Pakistan.
PART 1 MOUNTAIN SOCIETY AND HABITAT: Cultural Impress and Political Economy of North Pakistan - Nigel J.R. Allan; A study of the historical relationships of north Pakistan with the surrounding areas now integrated into Afghanistan, the former USSR and China - Wolfgang Holzworth; A description of the traditional society prior to its integration into the Pakistan state - Karl Jettmar. PART 2 INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY: Natural Hazards in Northern Pakistan - John F. Schroeder Jr; Between Glaciers and the Desert - Klaus Haserodt; Shimshall - Interpreting Pakistan's Most Isolated Village from the Outside - David A.O. Butz; The Changing Position of Women in Hunza Society - Sabine Felmy; Women's Life - World of Hopar, Nager Tehsil, Gilgit - Faruda Hewitt. PART 3 EXTERNALLY INDUCED IMPACTS ON MOUNTAIN SOCIETIES: Women's Labour and Regional Economic Change in Chitral, Gilgit and Baltistan - Priscilla Magrath; International Innovation in Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in Gilgit District - Tariq Husain & Edward J. Vander Velde; Human Adaptation and Environmental Change Among Villages in the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Range - Erwin F. Groetzbach.
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Asien ► Indien |
| Reiseführer ► Asien ► Pakistan | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-333-62033-X / 033362033X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-333-62033-5 / 9780333620335 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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