Roads and Rivals

Mahnaz Ispahani

Published by Cornell University Press 1989

Roads and Rivals

The Political Uses of Access in the Borderlands of Asia

Mahnaz Ispahani

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501745911

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In Roads and Rivals, Mahnaz Ispahani explores the crucial but unacknowledged role that land routes have played in the strategic, political, and economic evolution of those borderlands.

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IspahaniMahnaz:

Mahnaz Ispahani is Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1. Routes and States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Baluchistan and Its Environs: The Motives for Access Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Soviet Union: The Price of Access Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4. The Karakoram and Himalayan Borderlands: The Consequences of Access Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
5. The Politics of Routes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 13 illustrations, 12 maps
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; Asian Studies

eBook

Published: May 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501745911