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Chargement... An account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India : comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee monarchypar Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. When I wrote a retrospective review of this book for the Far Eastern Economic Review back in 1981 (see below), I did this to point out how Elphinstone's early 19th century account foreshadowed the problems that the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan would face. Little did I anticipate how Elphinstone's book would also foreshadow the problems that the American-led intervention there would subsequently encounter. To understand Afghanistan, this book is a must-read. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was a Scottish diplomat and colonial administrator. After joining the civil service of the East India Company in 1796 he was appointed the first British envoy to the Court of Kabul in 1808. In 1819 he was appointed the Governor of Bombay, and after his retirement in 1827 he devoted his life to historical and literary studies. First published in 1815, this volume contains Elphinstone's detailed description of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. Elphinstone describes the geography, economy and political situation of the kingdom and provides a brief account of Afghan history. He also gives the first detailed ethnographic accounts of the various Afghan tribes and ethnic groups in the kingdom. This fascinating volume informed British military and diplomatic policy in the region until the 1840s, and remained the main source of information on the culture of the Afghan tribes for much of the nineteenth century. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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