Pamirian crossroads : Kirghiz and Wakhi of High Asia /

Pamirian crossroads : Kirghiz and Wakhi of High Asia /

Mapping the Pamirs and Wakhan mountain areas in High Asia, the author researches marginal border areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan and how they were used by the Kirghiz and Wakhi peoples over time. Both archival and published textual, photographic and cartographic resources are us...

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Main Author: Kreutzmann, Hermann (Author)
Other Authors: Beck, Anne (Editor), Hilberer, Bernd (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015.
Subjects:
Population geography > Pamir.
Population geography > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Kyrgyz.
Wakhi (Asian people)
Borderlands > Pamir.
Borderlands > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Migration, Internal > Pamir.
Migration, Internal > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Human geography > Pamir.
Human geography > Afghanistan > Vākhān (Region)
Pamir > Historical geography.
Vākhān (Afghanistan : Region) > Historical geography.
Pamir > Maps.
Vākhān (Afghanistan : Region) > Maps.
Maps.
Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Mapping the Pamirs and Wakhan mountain areas in High Asia, the author researches marginal border areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan and how they were used by the Kirghiz and Wakhi peoples over time. Both archival and published textual, photographic and cartographic resources are used to illustrate this exploration of remote Asian mountain areas in the context of boundary-making, crossroads, communities, and migration.
Item Description:Includes glossary of important terms and toponyms.
Physical Description:1 online resource (559 pages) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps (chiefly color), portraits.
Bibliography:Includes many physical and historical maps and includes a bibliography of maps.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-551) and index.
ISBN:9783447194532
3447194537

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