The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War

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Contents Acknowledgments Priface to the 2002 Edition: AjghanistanJ the TalibanJand Global TerrorJInc. Priface to the Original Edition Introduction Part 1. SpaceJ TimeJ and Human Communities 1. The Ecological Setting 2. History and Demographic Process Part II. Strategies ofAdaptation 3. The Wakhi High-Altitude Agropastoral Adaptation 4. The Kirghiz Pastoral Subsistence System 5. The Kirghiz People, the OryJ and the QjJrow 6. The Kirghiz Sociocultural System Part III. Closed Frontiers VZl lX XXlX XXXVZl 3 19 55 87 118 150 7. Territorial Loss: An Intracultural Adaption 169 8. Adaptation to Socioeconomic and Cultural Restrictions 186 9. Conclusion 215 Epilogue: Coping with a Communist "Revolution/JState FailureJand War 230 Glossary Bibliography Index v 269 281 297 In memory ifmy parents Haji Gada M. Karim Shahrani Zeebun-Nesah Naim Shahrani and Haji Rahman Qul Kutlu ifPamir Wakeel M. Ismail Pamiri oj Wakhan ...