This up-to-date, comprehensive, thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan now and yesterday will help readers to efficiently find their way in the massive secondary literature available.
Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz. the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and expertly indexed.
An indispensable entry for all those taking professional or personal interest in a nation so much the focus of attention today.
Author(s): Maria Angeles Gallego, C. H. Bleaney
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies, 13
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 412
City: Leiden
Title Page
Copyright page
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
GENERAL REFERENCE & SCHOLARSHIP
General surveys & reference works
Bibliographies
Scholarship on Afghanistan
Foreign library/research resources
GEOGRAPHY & ECOLOGY; THE COUNTRY & PEOPLE
General
Geography, climate, ecology
Historical geography; national boundaries
Maps & atlases; toponymy
TRAVEL & PHOTOGRAPHY
Travel literature (before 1979)
Travel literature (1979 onwards)
Guide-books
Photographic studies
ORIENTALIST (& other) REPRESENTATIONS; FICTION SET IN AFGHANISTAN
General
Russian fiction
RELIGION & RELIGIOUS GROUPS
General & pre-Islamic
Islam, Sufism & saints
Shi’ism & Shi’is
Rawshani movement; Ahmadis
Judaism & Jews
Others; Christian missions
ANTHROPOLOGY & ETHNOGRAPHY
General; inter-ethnic relations
Tribes & tribal society
Pashtuns (Pakhtuns)
Uzbeks
Turkmens
Kirghizes
Tajiks
Hazaras
Other peoples
Legends, myths, folklore & proverbs
Pastimes, sports & games
LANGUAGE
General
Dari
Pashto
Turkic languages (Uzbek, Turkmen, Azeri, etc.)
Ormuri, Parachi
Others
LITERATURE
General
Dari literature
Pashto literature
Turkic & other minority literatures
Modem literature by Afghans in English
Traditional & oral literature
ARTS; TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
General
Metalwork & other plastic arts
Arts of the book, miniatures, calligraphy, etc
Textiles, carpet-making & other crafts
Modem art
PERFORMING ARTS
Music
Theatre
ARCHITECTURE
General & traditional architecture
Islamic architecture in Afghanistan
“Afghan” architecture elsewhere
Modem architecture
CULTURAL LIFE IN GENERAL; CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
General; intellectual life
Museums
Manuscripts, books & libraries
Archives, documents & records
EDUCATION
General & pre-modern; schools
Higher & vocational education
SOCIOLOGY & DEMOGRAPHY
General; social stmcture
Population & demography
Urban life & housing
Rural society
Women
Nomadism
Emigration & Afghans in exile
HEALTH & MEDICINE; NARCOTICS; COOKERY & FOOD
General; social & environmental factors
Epidemiology; medical profession; health services
Narcotics & addiction; tobacco
Cookery & food; culinary culture
ECONOMICS & ECONOMIC HISTORY
General
Economic history (until ca. 1920)
Modem planning & development
Land, agriculture, water; pastoralism
Labour & employment; energy; industry
Banking, finance, currency
Commerce & foreign trade
Transport & communications; tourism
ARCHÆOLOGY & RELATED SUBJECTS
Archæology
Epigraphy
Numismatics
Postal history; vexillology, etc.
HISTORY
General surveys
Local histories & sources
Early dynasties, Ghurids, Ghaznavids
Mongols, Babur & successors (1218-1747)
Abdalis/Durranis & 1st Anglo-Afghan war (1747-1842)
Dust Muhammad & 2nd Anglo-Afghan war (1843-1880)
‘Abd al-Rahman Khan & 3rd Anglo-Afghan war (1880-1919)
Independent Afghanistan (1919-1973)
The Republic (1973-1979)
Soviet occupation: military & political aspects, etc
Soviet occupation: personal accounts
Civil war & Taliban rule (1989-2001)
US attack 2001 and aftermath
Modem biographies & autobiographies
POLITICS & POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
General; domestic politics; constitutions
Political thought, ideology, parties; nationalism
Fundamentalism, Islamism & Taliban movement
FOREIGN RELATIONS
General; the “Great Game”
Afghan expansion abroad 12th-18th centuries
South Asia 19th century - 1947
Russia / Soviet Union & Central Asian Republics
Iran
Pakistan (since 1947)
India (since 1947)
Turkey & Middle East
Great Britain
Other European countries
Far East
United States of America
Military affairs; Armaments
COMMUNICATIONS & MASS MEDIA
General
Journalism & the press
Broadcasting
Internet
LAW
General; customary law
Statute law
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
INDEX OF NAMES
HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK
