TY - BOOK ID - 67237582 TI - Remoteness and modernity : transformation and continuity in northern Pakistan PY - 2015 SN - 9780300205558 9780300213355 0300213352 0300205554 PB - New Haven (Conn.): Yale university press, DB - UniCat KW - Ethnicity KW - Hunza (Pakistan) KW - Civilization KW - Rural conditions KW - Historical geography KW - Physical geography KW - Ethnic identity KW - Group identity KW - Cultural fusion KW - Multiculturalism KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Geography KW - Geography, Historical KW - Social aspects KW - Civilization. KW - Rural conditions. KW - Ethnicity - Pakistan - Hunza KW - Physical geography - Social aspects - Pakistan - Hunza KW - Hunza (Pakistan) - Civilization KW - Hunza (Pakistan) - Rural conditions KW - Hunza (Pakistan) - Historical geography UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67237582 AB - This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain examines the surprisingly diverse ways the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. He also explores how the Hunza people perceived British colonialists, Pakistani state officials, modern-day Westerners, and others, and how the local people used their remote status strategically, ensuring their own interests were served as they engaged with the outside world. ER -