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The proudest day : India's long road to independence / Anthony Read and David Fisher.
LIBRA - Special DS479 .R38 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Read, Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 565 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, 1998.
- Summary:
- On the 50th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan comes a riveting account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of all the great empires. British authors Anthony Read and David Fisher put the events of 1947 into perspective, telling the whole epic story in colorful detail from its beginning more than a century earlier. Their powerful narrative takes a fresh look at many of the events and personalities involved. Photos.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [533]-539) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0393045943
- OCLC:
- 38216415
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