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There are no KHANS anymore: economic development and social change in tribal Afghanistan
Middle East Journal • 32 (2) • Published In 1978 • Pages: 167-183
By: Anderson, Jon W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses economic development and social change in Afghanistan with a particular focus on the introduction of the tractor into agriculture and its effects on Pashtun society. The author also emphasizes the significant role that the KHAN (lord or chief) has played, as an agent of cultural change, by introducing the tractor to the Ghilzai farmers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Agricultural machinery
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pashtun
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ghilzai Pashtun, Afghanistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jon W. Anderson
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 48002240
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pushtuns