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Midnight's descendants : a history of South Asia since partition / John Keay ; designed by Pauline Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keay, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Regionalism--South Asia.
- Regionalism.
- Geopolitics--South Asia.
- Geopolitics.
- South Asia--History.
- South Asia.
- South Asia--Politics and government.
- South Asia--Relations.
- South Asia--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (433 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A celebrated historian presents a history of Southern Asia since the Partition of British India in 1947, revealing how the twin forces of democracy and extremism are shaping the region's future.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Casting the Die; 2. Counting the Cost; 3. ""Who Has Not Heard of the Vale of Cashmere?""; 4. Past Conditional; 5. Reality Check; 6. Power to the People; 7. An Ill-Starred Conjunction; 8. Two-Way Tickets, Double Standards; 9. Things Fall Apart; 10. Outside the Gates; 11. India Astir; Epilogue; Author's Note; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-465-08072-3
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