Pathans Of The Latter Day

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The Millions Of Pathan Tribesmen Living Around The Khyber Pass On Pakistan's North-west Frontier Are A Major Factor In Central Asia. Made Famous By Rudyard Kipling's Stories And Poems, Some Of The Pathans Have Very Successfully Adapted To Modern Ways; Others Have Equally Successfully Held On To Their Traditional Ways. Pathans Of The Latter Day, A Sequel To The Author's Classic Work On The Pathans Of Forty Years Ago, Examines Them As They Are Today. 1. Together Again --- 2. An Old, Old Story --- 3. Still Guarding The Passes --- 4. The Way Of The Pathans --- 5. In And Around The Peshawar Valley --- 6. Khattaks: Always The Same --- 7. Waziristan: Less Dark And Bloody --- 8. Swat, Buner, And Chitral --- 9. A Place In Pakistan --- 10. The Afghan Side Of Things --- 11. The Chinese Connection --- 12. Good Tomorrows. James W. Spain. Sequel To: The Way Of The Pathans. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [153]-155) And Index.

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Name in long format: Pathans Of The Latter Day
ISBN-10: 0195775767
ISBN-13: 9780195775761
Book pages: 176
Book language: en
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dimensions: xi, 163 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

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