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The Bengal borderland : beyond state and nation in South Asia
- Title
- The Bengal borderland : beyond state and nation in South Asia / Willem van Schendel.
- Author
- Schendel, Willem van.
- Publication
- London : Anthem, 2005.
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- Description
- viii, 429 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "The Bengal Borderland constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') as been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably been largely ignored by historians." "In examining this crucial region, Willem van Schendel challenges existing assumptions about the nature of relationships between people, place, identity and culture, and raises particularly urgent questions in the context of globalization, with its predictions of the 'end of geography' and a borderless homogenous world." "This book will interest historians, geographers political scientists and economists, as well as South Asianists and migration experts and will appeal to academics students and practitioners."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Anthem South Asian studies
- Uniform Title
- Anthem South Asian studies
- Subject
- Geschichte 1950-2000
- Geschichte 1947-2003
- Geschichte 1947-2001
- Borderlands > India > Bengal
- Borderlands > India > West Bengal
- Borderlands > Bangladesh
- Borderlands
- Grenzgebiet
- Staatsgrenze
- Grenzen
- Delingen (politieke geografie)
- Grenzgebiet
- Bangladesh
- Great Britain
- South Asia
- Borders
- Colonial history
- Gränser > Västbengalen
- Gränser > Bengalen
- Gränser > Bangladesh
- West Bengal (India) > History
- Bangladesh > History
- India, Northeastern > History
- Bangladesh
- India > Bengal
- Northeastern India
- India > West Bengal
- Bengalen
- Bangladesch
- West Bengal
- Südasien
- Bengalen
- Västbengalen > historia
- Bengalen > historia
- Indien > historia
- Bangladesh > historia
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-418) and index.
- Contents
- Studying borderlands -- Partition studies -- Radcliffe's fateful line -- A patchwork border -- Securing the territory -- Defiance and accommodation -- The flow of goods -- Narratives of border crossing -- Migrants, fences and deportation -- Rebels and bandits -- 'Rifle Raj' and the killer border -- Nation and borderland -- Conclusion: Beyond state and nation.
- ISBN
- 1843311445
- 9781843311447
- 1843311453
- 9781843311454
- LCCN
- 2006270058
- OCLC
- ocm60327159
- 60327159
- SCSB-14497185
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library