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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838233903321

Autore

Khan Yasmin

Titolo

The Great Partition : The Making of India and Pakistan, New Edition / / Yasmin Khan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-300-23364-7

Edizione

[2]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.) : 25 b-w illus

Classificazione

HIS017000HIS037070

Disciplina

954.04/2

Soggetti

Nationalism - India - History

Nationalism - Pakistan - History

HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia

India History Partition, 1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Timeline of Major Events, 1945-50 -- Preface to the New Edition -- Introduction: The Plan -- 1. In the Shadow of War -- 2. Changing Regime -- 3. The Unravelling Raj -- 4. The Collapse of Trust -- 5. From Breakdown to Breakdown -- 6. Untangling Two Nations -- 7. Blood on the Tracks -- 8. Leprous Daybreak -- 9. Bitter Legacies -- 10. Divided Families -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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."-Economist   "Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful."-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