Introduction : the historical location and conceptual framing of Afghanistan
Financing the Kabul produce
Contracting nomadic carriage for an aquatic agenda
Fiscal instability and state revenue reformulation during the first British occupation
Capital concentrations and coordinations : Peshawar subsidies and Kabul workshops
New state texts and old commercial flows
Mutual evasion between Afghanistan and the global marketplace
Conclusion : deflecting colonial canons and cannons : alternate routes to knowing Afghanistan.