The Great Partition
The Making of India and Pakistan, New Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 29. August 2017
288 pages
978-0-300-23364-3 (ISBN)
Description
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: "e,A riveting book on this terrible story."e,-Economist "e,Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful."e,-Times (London) "e,Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan's empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it."e,-Owen Bennett Jones, BBC
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Yale University Press
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Yasmin Khan is associate professor of history and Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford, and author of The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War.
Content
- Cover page
- Praise page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Timeline of Major Events, 1945-50
- Preface to the New Edition
- Introduction: The Plan
- 1 In the Shadow of War
- 2 Changing Regime
- 3 The Unravelling Raj
- 4 The Collapse of Trust
- 5 From Breakdown to Breakdown
- 6 Untangling Two Nations
- 7 Blood on the Tracks
- 8 Leprous Daybreak
- 9 Bitter Legacies
- 10 Divided Families
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
