The Way of the Pathans
by Spain, James W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0196360994
- ISBN 13
- 9780196360997
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About This Item
E-313: Oxford Univ Pr. Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan. 1972. 190 pgs. Illustrated. Second Edition/Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The largest tribal society remaining in the world lives along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in the area surrounding the Khyber Pass. The guiding force for its twelve million members is 'Pukhtunwali', The Way of the Pathans. The principal tribes and their characteristics, their austere and beautiful land, their turbulent history, and daily lives are presented concisely and systematically; as are the fiery sweetness of Pathan poetry, the murky violence of tribal feuds over zar, zan, and zamin, (gold, women, and land) , and the perennial intrigue among the tribes and the Great Powers which has continued since Kipling first wrote of The Great Game. EB; 9.0 X 5.7 X 1.5 inches; 190 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64432
- Title
- The Way of the Pathans
- Author
- Spain, James W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0196360994
- ISBN 13
- 9780196360997
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- E-313
- Date Published
- 1972
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