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050	0	0	_aHF3752 _b.M38 2021
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100	1		_aMarsden, Magnus, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBeyond the silk roads : _btrade, mobility and geopolitics across Eurasia / _cMagnus Marsden.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aAsian connections
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2021).
505	0		_aIntroduction: Beyond the silk roads -- 'Take your help away and leave us in peace!' the anthropology of geopolitics as lived -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (1) : the Eurasian world--China, Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (2) : West Asia--China, the Arabian Peninsula and Turkey -- 'Welcome to Yiwu, China international trade city' everyday life in a Chinese commercial node -- Minorities, commerce and the legacy of Muslim Asia's urban cosmopolitanism : Afghanistan's Hindus and Sikhs -- An alternative Eurasian economic geography : Afghanistan's role in long-distance distance trade -- Afghan restaurants in inter-Asian worlds : prestige, information pooling and cross-cultural exchange in long-distance trade -- Conclusion: Geopolitics, critical responsiveness and navigational agency in Eurasian connectivity.
506			_aOpen Access title.
520			_aSmall-scale traders play a crucial role in forging Asian connectivity, forming networks and informal institutions separate from those driven by nation-states, such as China's Belt and Road Initiative. This ambitious study provides a unique insight into the lives of the mobile traders from Afghanistan who traverse Eurasia. Reflecting on over a decade of intensive ethnographic fieldwork, Magnus Marsden introduces readers to a dynamic yet historically durable universe of commercial and cultural connections. Through an exploration of the traders' networks, cultural and religious identities, as well as the nodes in which they operate, Marsden emphasises their ability to navigate Eurasia's geopolitical tensions and to forge transregional routes that channel significant flows of people, resources, and ideas. Beyond the Silk Roads will interest those seeking to understand contemporary iterations of the Silk Road within the context of geopolitics in the region. This title is also available as Open Access.
650		0	_aMerchants, Foreign _xSocial networks _zEurasia.
650		0	_aGeopolitics _zEurasia.
650		0	_aAfghans _xCommerce _zEurasia.
650		0	_aBusiness networks _zEurasia.
651		0	_aEurasia _xCommerce.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108838313
830		0	_aAsian connections.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974387
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