The Making of a Frontier : Five Years' Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush

Durand, Algernon (Colonel)

ISBN 10: 0195779835 / ISBN 13: 9780195779837

Edité par Oxford University Press (2001), Karachi, Pakistan, 2001

A propos de cet article

Yellow highlighting on several pages. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; A 2001 reprint of the 1899 first edition. xii, vii, [3], 298 pages. Red papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. This reprint edition does not include the illustrations of the 1899 first edition. A footnote on page vii reads "Editor's note: The illustrations cold not be reproduced in this edition because of the poor quality of the films received from the India Office Library." This edition with a new 6 page Introduction by Sir Oliver Forster, dated 1998. Series: "Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints". Also with a 2 page series Preface by Farooq Bajwa, dated 1997. "Colonel Algernon Durand was the brother of Mortimer Durand - the man who defined the western frontier of the Indian Empire between what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan. Colonel Durand was sent to Gilgit to assess the local political situation in order to protect the interests of the British Empire from Russian expansion." - from dust-jacket blurb.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Making of a Frontier : Five Years' Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press (2001), Karachi, Pakistan
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195779835
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195779837
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good-
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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  • India

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Synopsis

The Making of a Frontier is a first hand narrative of the British Empire's final phase of expansion in late nineteenth century British India. The references, dates, and political analysis represent a primary source of imperial dynamics and mentalities. Durand details the political subordination of the northern regions and Kashmiri dependencies that became Pakistan's northern areas and includes notes on ethnography, archeology, flora and fauna. The book is a faithful account of the policy pursued on the Gilgit frontier, of the steps taken to give it effect, and of the results attained.

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