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Creating a new Medina : state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala.
Van Pelt Library DS480.45 .D49 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dhulipala, Venkat.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- All-India Muslim League.
- Postcolonialism.
- History.
- Islam and politics.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Nationalism.
- Pakistan movement.
- Elections.
- Politics and government.
- Pakistan--Politics and government--20th century.
- India, North--Politics and government--20th century.
- Uttar Pradesh (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Elections--India--Uttar Pradesh--History--20th century.
- Pakistan movement--History.
- Nationalism--Pakistan--History--20th century.
- Power (Social sciences)--Pakistan--History--20th century.
- Islam and politics--Pakistan--History--20th century.
- All-India Muslim League--History--20th century.
- Postcolonialism--Pakistan--History--20th century.
- North India.
- India--Uttar Pradesh.
- Pakistan.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 530 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Daryaganj, Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "Discusses the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism as well as our current understanding of the roots of its postcolonial identity crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Nationalists', communalists' and the 1937 provincial elections
- Muslim mass contacts' and the rise of the Muslim League
- Two constitutional lawyers from Bombay and the debate over Pakistan in the public sphere
- The Muslim League and the idea of Pakistan in the United Provinces
- The Ulama at the forefront of politics : three critiques of Pakistan from the United Provinces
- Urdu press, public opinion, and the controversies over Pakistan
- Fusing Islam and state power : Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Pakistan as the new Medina
- The referendum on Pakistan : the elections of 1945-46
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-518) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781107052123
- 1107052122
- OCLC:
- 888164618
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