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The spoils of Partition : Bengal and India, 1947-1967 / Joya Chatterji.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chatterji, Joya, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Indian history and society. ; 15.
- Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Bengal (India)--History.
- West Bengal (India).
- Bengal (India)--History--Partition, 1947.
- Bengal (India).
- India--History--Partition, 1947.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The partition of India in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. Much has been written about the Punjab and the creation of West Pakistan; by contrast, little is known about the partition of Bengal. This remarkable book by an acknowledged expert on the subject assesses the social, economic and political consequences of partition. Using compelling sources, the book, which was originally published in 2007, shows how and why the borders were redrawn, how the creation of new nation states led to unprecedented upheavals, massive shifts in population and wholly unexpected transformations of the political landscape in both Bengal and India. The book also reveals how the spoils of partition, which the Congress in Bengal had expected from the new boundaries, were squandered over the twenty years which followed. This is an intriguing and challenging work whose findings change our understanding and its consequences for the history of the subcontinent.
- Contents:
- The devil in the detail : new borders for a new state
- Swings and roundabouts : West Bengal and the new India
- Partition and migration : refugees in West Bengal, 1947-1967
- StayPartition Partitin and West Bengal's Muslim minorities
- Political reconstruction and change : Congress government and politics, 1947-1967
- The revenge of the periphery : the rise of the opposition in West Bengal.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-331) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-18210-7
- 1-281-24350-7
- 9786611243500
- 0-511-37807-6
- 0-511-49738-5
- 0-511-37719-3
- 0-511-37625-1
- 0-511-37472-0
- 0-511-37896-3
- OCLC:
- 437197103
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