Title South Asian cultures of the bomb : atomic publics and the state in India and Pakistan / edited by Itty Abraham

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009] ©2009

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Description 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents 1. Introduction: Nuclear Power and Atomic Publics / Itty Abraham -- 2. Fevered with Dreams of the Future: The Coming of the Atomic Age to Pakistan / Zia Mian -- 3. India's Nuclear Enclave and the Practice of Secrecy / M. V. Ramana -- 4. The Social Life of a Bomb: India and the Ontology of an "Overpopulated" Society / Sankaran Krishna -- 5. Pride and Proliferation: Pakistan's Nuclear Psyche after A. Q. Khan / Ammara Durrani -- 6. The Politics of Death: The Antinuclear Imaginary in India / Srirupa Roy -- 7. Pakistan's Atomic Publics: Survey Results / Haider Nizamani -- 8. Gods, Bombs, and the Social Imaginary / Raminder Kaur -- 9. Nuclearization and Pakistani Popular Culture since 1998 / Iftikhar Dadi -- 10. Guardians of the Nuclear Myth: Politics, Ideology, and India's Strategic Community / Karsten Frey Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- India. Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- India. Nationalism -- India. Civil society -- India. Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Pakistan. Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- Pakistan. Nationalism -- Pakistan. Civil society -- Pakistan. SUBJECT India -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115409 Pakistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125947 -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002298 Author Abraham, Itty, 1960- LC no. 2008031607 ISBN 9780253352538 cloth alkaline paper 0253352533 cloth alkaline paper 9780253220325 paperback alkaline paper 0253220327 paperback alkaline paper

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