| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 250 pages) |
| Contents |
Personal law and citizenship in India's transition to independence / Eleanor Newbigin -- From subjects to citizens? : rationing, refugees and the publicity of corruption over independence in UP / William Gould -- Performing peace : Gandhi's assassination as a critical moment in the consolidation of the Nehruvian state / Yasmin Khan -- Migration, citizenship and belonging in Hyderabad (Deccan), 1946-1956 / Taylor C. Sherman -- Punjabi refugees' rehabilitation and the Indian state : discourses, denials and dissonances / Ian Talbot -- Sovereignty, governmentality and development in Ayub's Pakistan : the case of Korangi Township / Markus Daechsel -- Everyday expectations of the state during Pakistan's early years : letters to the editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950-1953 / Sarah Ansari -- Concrete 'progress' : irrigation, development and modernity in mid-twentieth century Sind / Daniel Haines -- Partition narratives : displaced trauma and culpability among British civil servants in 1940s Punjab / Catherine Coombs |
| Summary |
"Offers a fresh and timely perspective on the broader field of early postcolonial South Asian history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Postcolonialism -- India
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Postcolonialism -- Pakistan
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Public administration -- India
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Public administration -- Pakistan
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Political culture -- India
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Political culture -- Pakistan
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Postcolonialism
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Public administration
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064944
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Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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| Subject |
India
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Pakistan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sherman, Taylor C., editor.
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Gould, William, 1973- editor.
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Ansari, Sarah F. D., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781139923149 |
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1139923145 |
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9781107585737 |
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1107585732 |
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9781139907552 |
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1139907557 |
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