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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Yasmin, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

History.

India--History--Partition, 1947.

India.

Nationalism--India--History.

Nationalism--Pakistan--History.

Pakistan.

Physical Description:

xxi, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2007]

Summary:

One of the first events of decolonisation in the twentieth century, the Great Partition of 1947, was also one of the most bloody. In this sweeping reappraisal of India's liberation from British rule and the emergence of Pakistan, Yasmin Khan uncovers the recklessness of the Partition plan, its catastrophic human toll and the unshakable animosity left in its wake.

Contents:

Timeline of Major Events, 1945-1950 xvii

Introduction: The Plan 1

1 In the Shadow of War 11

2 Changing Regime 23

3 The Unravelling Raj 40

4 The Collapse of Trust 63

5 From Breakdown to Breakdown 81

6 Untangling Two Nations 104

7 Blood on the Tracks 128

8 Leprous Daybreak 143

9 Bitter Legacies 167

10 Divided Families 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-242) and index.

ISBN:

9780300120783

0300120788

OCLC:

87504568