This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Note
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction : the historical location and conceptual framing of Afghanistan -- Financing the Kabul produce -- Contracting nomadic carriage for an aquatic agenda -- Fiscal instability and state revenue reformulation during the first British occupation -- Capital concentrations and coordinations : Peshawar subsidies and Kabul workshops -- New state texts and old commercial flows -- Mutual evasion between Afghanistan and the global marketplace -- Conclusion : deflecting colonial canons and cannons : alternate routes to knowing Afghanistan.