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Settling the Frontier: Land, Law and Society in the Peshawar Valley, 1500-1900
Settling the Frontier Land Law and Society in the Peshawar Valley 15001900 Author:Robert Nichols This political and social history explores four centuries in the history of the Peshawar region, from 1500 to 1900. It examines how different residents experienced imperial expansion (from the Mughals to the British), technological innovation, and the growth of state institutions, while they simultaneously nurtured and transformed indigenous pow... more »er relations, socio-cultural practices, and a political economy never completely distanced from an earlier pastoral-nomadic heritage.« less