Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy The British Legation in Kabul, 1922-1948 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Drephal, Maximilian (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
• Θέματα: Imperialism.; Civilization-History.; Middle East-History.; World politics.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Cultural History.; History of the Middle East.; Political History.

This book offers an institutional history of the British Legation in Kabul, which was established in response to the independence of Afghanistan in 1919. It contextualises this diplomatic mission in the wider remit of Anglo-Afghan relations and diplomacy from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centu...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction: empire, colony and diplomacy
• 2 The remaking of anglo-afghan relations
• 3 Subaltern biographies
• 4 Biography and imperial governance
• 5 Accreditation and performance
• 6 Diplomatic bodies
• 7 Architecture
• 8 From colonial legation to postimperial embassy
• 9 Conclusions: the coloniality of diplomacy
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