{"product_id":"the-pashtun-borderlands-robert-nichols-9781682833278","title":"The Pashtun Borderlands: A History of Not Being Governed, 1944-1979","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, the high valleys and rugged frontiers between the burgeoning states of Pakistan and Afghanistan became a crucible for a new kind of postcolonial politics, one defined as much by the absence of state authority as by its imposition. In \u003ci\u003eThe Pashtun Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Robert Nichols offers a definitive account of this critical period, tracing the region's journey from the final years of the British Raj to the precipice of the Soviet-Afghan War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond reductive tribal tropes, Nichols examines the Pashtun borderlands as a space of active political agency and \"not being governed.\" He reveals how local communities navigated the traumas of the 1947 Partition, resisted centralized state-building efforts, and negotiated with the forces of global capital. From the failed promises of American-funded development schemes in the 1950s to the enduring nonviolent legacy of Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan), this monograph illuminates the complex social and political hierarchies that shaped the periphery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vital contribution to global borderland studies, Nichols demonstrates that the regional instability of the late twentieth century was not an accident of geography but a consequence of specific historical failures in governance and the production of knowledge. This work is essential reading for scholars of South and Central Asian history, postcolonial state-building, and the enduring friction between central authorities and the fringes of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Nichols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682833275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682833278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Robert Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998460358911,"sku":"9781682833278","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pashtun-borderlands-robert-nichols-9781682833278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}