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Government and Society in Afghanistan
Hasan Kawun Kakar
其他書名
The Reign of Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan
出版Univ of TX + ORM, 2014-08-27
主題Political Science / World / Middle EasternHistory / IslamicHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralHistory / Asia / Central AsiaHistory / Middle East / General
ISBN02927677739780292767775
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vgbYEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋An authoritative study of the administrative, social, and economic structure of Afghanistan at the beginning of the twentieth century.
 
Government and Society in Afghanistan covers a decisive stage in the country’s history. The period covered—the reign of the “Iron” Amir Rahman Khan—was in many ways the beginning of modern Afghanistan as a cohesive nation. It was under the Amir that its borders were established, its internal unification completed, and the modern concept of nationhood implanted.
 
Hsan Kawun Kakar considers both the internal and the external forces that influenced Afghanistan’s development. Thus, modernization, centralization, and nationalization are seen as both defensive reactions to European imperialism and a necessary step toward capital formation and industrialization.
 
The first part of the book covers the government of the Amir, from the personality of the ruler to a comprehensive overview of taxation and local government. The second part views these economic and social institutions from the perspective of the major segments of the populace—including nomads, townsmen, tribes, women, slaves, landowners, mullahs, merchants, and others.