Kabul in winter : life without peace in Afghanistan
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Published
New York : Metropolitan, 2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION | 958.1 JON | On Shelf |
Dolores County School-Public Library - DOLORHIGH - NONFICTION | 958.104 JON | On Shelf |
Gilpin County Public Library - NONFICTION | 958.104 JONES | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Metropolitan, 2006.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index.
Description
A sharp and arresting peoples-eye view of real life in Afghanistan after the Taliban Soon after the bombing of Kabul ceased, award-winning journalist and womens rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered city, determined to bring help where her country had brought destruction. Here is her trenchant report from inside a city struggling to rise from the ruins. Working among the multitude of impoverished war widows, retraining Kabuls long-silenced English teachers, and investigating the citys prison for women, Jones enters a large community of female outcasts: runaway child brides, pariah prostitutes, cast-off wives, victims of rape. In the streets and markets, she hears the Afghan view of the supposed benefits brought by the fall of the Taliban, and learns that regarding women as less than human is the norm, not the aberration of one conspicuously repressive regime. Jones confronts the ways in which Afghan education, culture, and politics have repeatedly been hijacked-by Communists, Islamic fundamentalists, and the Western free marketeers-always with disastrous results. And she reveals, through small events, the big disjunctions: between U.S promises and performance, between the new "democracy" and the still-entrenched warlords, between whats boasted of and what is.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, A. (2006). Kabul in winter: life without peace in Afghanistan (First edition.). Metropolitan.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Ann, 1937-. 2006. Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan. Metropolitan.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Ann, 1937-. Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan Metropolitan, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Ann. Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan First edition., Metropolitan, 2006.
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