Khan, Yasmin.

The Great Partition : The Making of India and Pakistan. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (285 pages)

Cover page -- Praise page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Timeline of Major Events, 1945-50 -- Preface to the New Edition -- Introduction: The Plan -- 1 In the Shadow of War -- 2 Changing Regime -- 3 The Unravelling Raj -- 4 The Collapse of Trust -- 5 From Breakdown to Breakdown -- 6 Untangling Two Nations -- 7 Blood on the Tracks -- 8 Leprous Daybreak -- 9 Bitter Legacies -- 10 Divided Families -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan.

9780300233643


Nationalism--India--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

DS480.842.K436 2017

954.042