02750nam 22005175 450 991083823390332120210111174851.00-300-23364-710.12987/9780300233643(CKB)3710000001417581(DE-B1597)545114(DE-B1597)9780300233643(MiAaPQ)EBC4891134(OCoLC)1143807749(DE-B1597)540286(EXLCZ)99371000000141758120200229h20172017 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Great Partition The Making of India and Pakistan, New Edition /Yasmin Khan2New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]©20171 online resource (288 p.) 25 b-w illus0-300-23032-X 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 -- IndexThis 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, BBCNationalismIndiaHistoryNationalismPakistanHistoryHISTORY / Asia / India & South AsiabisacshIndiaHistoryPartition, 1947NationalismHistory.NationalismHistory.HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.954.04/2HIS017000HIS037070bisacshKhan Yasmin, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut516610DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910838233903321The Great Partition4144108UNINA