1st Edition
Social and Economic Change in the Pamirs (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) Translated from German by Nicola Pacult and Sonia Guss with support of Tim Sharp
By Frank Bliss
Copyright 2006
396 Pages
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Routledge
396 Pages
98 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
400 Pages
98 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
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Since Olufsen and Schulz published their monographs on the Pamirs in 1904 and 1914, respectively, this is the first book to deal with the history, anthropology and recent social and economic development of the Pamiri people in Gorno-Badakhshan, Eastern Tajikistan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, such high mountain areas were more or less forgotten and people would have suffered severely... Read more
1. Introduction 2. General Features of Gorno-Badakhshan 3. History of the Pamirs 4. Ethnology of the Pamiris 5. The Kyrgyzes of the Murgab 6. Ismailis and Sunnis 7. Economy and Society in the Soviet System 8. At the Bottom - The Economic Collapse 9. International Development Aid 10. Development Constraints and Prospects Conclusions
Biography
Frank Bliss is Profesor for Development Anthropology at Hamburg University and partner of Bliss & Gaesing - Associated Consultants, planning and evaluating participatory development programs.
