The long partition and the making of modern South Asia : refugees, boundaries, histories / Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar

Author: Zamindar, Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: xiv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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Cultures of history

Contents

Introduction : The place of partition -- pt. 1. The making of refugees, 1947. -- Muslim exodus from Delhi -- Hindu exodus from Karachi -- pt. 2. Moving people, immovable property. -- Refugees, boundaries, citizens -- Economics of displacement -- pt. 3. Imagined limits, unimaginable nations. -- Passports and boundaries -- The phantasm of passports -- pt. 4. In conclusion. -- Moving boundaries.

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9780231138468 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231138466 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-278) and index.

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