Pathans Of The Latter Day
James W. Spain
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.
JourneysSpain, James W. (James William), TravelSpain, James W. (James William), Pushtuns, Pushtuns--Pakistan--North-West Frontier Province, Pushtuns--History, Pushtuns--Pakistan--North-West Frontier Province--History, Pushtuns--Pakistan--Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pushtuns--Pakistan--Khyber Pakhtunkhwa--History, Description and travel, History, DS380.P8 S66 1995, 954.91/2
Name in long format: | Pathans Of The Latter Day |
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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. |