A Nation in Turmoil
Nationalism and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1937-1958
Yunas Samad(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 1995
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-8039-9214-6 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring the tension between centrifugal forces in Muslim politics as a continuity spanning the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, this book provides new insights into the political instability which persists in Pakistan today.
Yunas Samad describes the events which occurred in the provinces of Punjab, Sind and Sarhad and provides new information essential to our understanding of the rise of Muslim nationalism in the 1940s.
Yunas Samad describes the events which occurred in the provinces of Punjab, Sind and Sarhad and provides new information essential to our understanding of the rise of Muslim nationalism in the 1940s.
Reviews / Votes
`Samad's account is convincing, well-researched' - The Times Higher Education Supplement`The arguments presented by Samad are well-crafted and backed up by a wealth of rich source material. If some of what he says appears too familiar, then its originality lies in his interpretation and clarity of argument.... [a] rigorous and well-researched publication.... Samad has done a scholarly service in exposing the hollowness - and tragic consequences - of Muslim nationalism. Let us hope his effort produces equally committed revisionist historians who are prepared to dismantle the sacred temples of Indian nationalism' - Contemporary South Asia
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9214-6 (9780803992146)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Constitutional Process and the Forging of Political Identifications
Towards Political Unity
Community Consciousness versus Regional Pull, 1937-1944
A Brief Moment of Political Unity
Mass Nationalism and Communal Riots, 1945-1947
Pakistan, 1947-1954
Opposition to Centralism
Regional Pulls and the Disintegration of Constitutional Politics, 1954-1958
Towards Political Unity
Community Consciousness versus Regional Pull, 1937-1944
A Brief Moment of Political Unity
Mass Nationalism and Communal Riots, 1945-1947
Pakistan, 1947-1954
Opposition to Centralism
Regional Pulls and the Disintegration of Constitutional Politics, 1954-1958