The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories (Cultures of History) (Hardcover)

by Professor Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar (Author) "Some of the most indelible images of Partition are those of the historic train and foot convoys, the old and the young huddled together, carrying..." (more)
Key Phrases: boundary force, sabzi mandi, intending evacuee, West Pakistan, Ghulam Ali, Purana Qila (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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A product of outstanding historical-ethnographic research, Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar's book tells like no one has done before the maddeningly tangled story of how, in the years after the partition of 1947, India and Pakistan actually came to separate their territories, properties, and peoples into two sovereign states. Zamindar's ability to weave into a single narrative the national and the local, the administrative and the personal, the everyday and the epochal, is truly remarkable. This is a pathbreaking contribution to modern South Asian studies. -- Partha Chatterjee, author of Writing Alternative Histories: A View from India

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"Zamindar puts together a history that helps clarify the story of partition and makes clear that there were no easy solutions." -- Lucian W. Pye, Foreign Affairs

"A significant contribution... Highly recommended." -- Choice

"This beautifully written book greatly advances our understanding of the partition of India and Pakistan after 1947... it is surely one of the best." -- Matthew J. Nelson, Asian Affairs

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press; 1 edition (October 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231138466
• ISBN-13: 978-0231138468
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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