TY - DATA AU - Marsden, Magnus TI - Beyond the silk roads: trade, mobility and geopolitics across Eurasia SN - 9781108974387 AV - HF 3752 M37B 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - MERCHANTS, FOREIGN KW - SOCIAL NETWORKS KW - EURASIA KW - BUSINESS NETWORKS KW - AFGHANS KW - COMMERCE KW - GEOPOLITICS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974387 ER -