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Midnight's descendants : South Asia from partition to the present day / John Keay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.Description: xxxiv, 347 p. : photos ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780007480036
  • 0465021808
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954/.04 23
LOC classification:
  • DS340 .K37 2014
Other classification:
  • HIS017000 | HIS037070
Contents:
Casting the die -- Counting the cost -- Who has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere? -- Past conditional -- Reality check -- Power to the people -- An ill-starred conjunction -- Two-way tickets, double standards -- Things fall apart-- Outside the gates -- India astir.
Summary: "Presents the first general history of present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and its peoples. The book examines the complex web of affiliations--of kinship, locality, language, tribe, clan, profession, and caste--that shape relations among the countries in the region. Keay argues that correlating and contrasting the fortunes of all the constituent nations since the 1947 partition affords unique insights into the tensions and conflicts that divide the region to this day"--Provided by publisher.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 954.04 KE MI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0050654

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"Presents the first general history of present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and its peoples. The book examines the complex web of affiliations--of kinship, locality, language, tribe, clan, profession, and caste--that shape relations among the countries in the region. Keay argues that correlating and contrasting the fortunes of all the constituent nations since the 1947 partition affords unique insights into the tensions and conflicts that divide the region to this day"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-371) and index.

Casting the die -- Counting the cost -- Who has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere? -- Past conditional -- Reality check -- Power to the people -- An ill-starred conjunction -- Two-way tickets, double standards -- Things fall apart-- Outside the gates -- India astir.

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