Remoteness and Modernity

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Remoteness and Modernity is written by Shafqat Hussain and published by Yale University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300213352 (ISBN 10) and 9780300213355 (ISBN 13).

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.