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The Great Partition : the making of India and Pakistan / Yasmin Khan.

Title
The Great Partition : the making of India and Pakistan / Yasmin Khan.
Author
Khan, Yasmin, 1977-
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]

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Description
xxxiv, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates; 20 cm
Summary
"This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: 'A riveting book on this terrible story'--The Economist; 'Unsparing. Provocative and painful'--The Times (London); 'Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan's empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it'--Owen Bennett Jones, BBC"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Partition of India (1947)
  • 1947
  • Nationalism > India > History
  • Nationalism > Pakistan > History
  • HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
  • HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
  • Nationalism
  • India > History > Partition, 1947
  • India
  • Pakistan
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Glossary -- Timeline of Major Events, 1945-1950 -- Preface to the New Edition -- Introduction: The Plan -- In the Shadow of War -- Changing Regime -- The Unravelling Raj -- The Collapse of Trust -- From Breakdown to Breakdown -- Untangling Two Nations -- Blood on the Tracks -- Leprous Daybreak -- Bitter Legacies -- Divided Families -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780300230321
  • 030023032X
LCCN
^^2017014049
OCLC
  • 987491559
  • SCSB-10589311
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library