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'Nationalist' writers and politicians have been apt to take the 'nation' as a given entity, perhaps even a providential one. A more recent trend in historical writing, however, has been to emphasize the extent to which 'nations' are made, not born. The histories in this new series take as this as their organizing principle, whether the forging of the 'nation' was a matter of conscious manipulation by an elite or guided by more popular imperatives, or a combination of the two. Each volume describes how and when particular modern nations came into existence, while at the same time demonstrating that the process is both complex and deeply contingent.
This first volume in the series looks at a region that is all too often viewed through the prism of European experience. Ian Talbot provides a wide-ranging study of nationalism in a non-European context, showing how the 'invention' of modern India and Pakistan drew heavily for inspiration on indigenous values. Analyzing both the effects of colonial rule and the post-colonial aftermath, the book is a readable and up-to-date introduction to the major issues in the contemporary history of the sub-continent.
About the Author
Ian Talbot is Reader in South Asian Studies and Director for the Centre for South Asian Studies at Coventry University.
'Nationalist' writers and politicians have been apt to take the 'nation' as a given entity, perhaps even a providential one. A more recent trend in historical writing, however, has been to emphasize the extent to which 'nations' are made, not born. The histories in this new series take as this as their organizing principle, whether the forging of the 'nation' was a matter of conscious manipulation by an elite or guided by more popular imperatives, or a combination of the two. Each volume describes how and when particular modern nations came into existence, while at the same time demonstrating that the process is both complex and deeply contingent.
This first volume in the series looks at a region that is all too often viewed through the prism of European experience. Ian Talbot provides a wide-ranging study of nationalism in a non-European context, showing how the 'invention' of modern India and Pakistan drew heavily for inspiration on indigenous values. Analyzing both the effects of colonial rule and the post-colonial aftermath, the book is a readable and up-to-date introduction to the major issues in the contemporary history of the sub-continent.
About the Author
Ian Talbot is Reader in South Asian Studies and Director for the Centre for South Asian Studies at Coventry University.
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- Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case-Study of Punjab by Gurharpal Singh on 4 pages
- Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India (SOAS London Studies on South Asia) by Ian Talbot in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Idea of Pakistan by Stephen P. Cohen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- India and Pakistan (Inventing the Nation) by Ian Talbot in Front Matter, and page 146
- The Politics of Self-Expression The Urdu Middle-Class Milieu of Early 20th Century India and Pakistan (Royal Asiatic Society Books) by Marku Daechsel in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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