Partition of India

Roy, Kaushik [Hrsg.]:
Partition of India : why 1947? / ed. by Kaushik Roy. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xliii, 276 S. - (Oxford in India readings : Debates in Indian history and society)
ISBN 978-0-19-807760-2
Rs. 650,00
£ 27,50 (OUP UK)
DDC: 954.0359

Beschreibung
The Partition of British India has left more questions than answers. In the wake of the violence and mayhem in the aftermath, there emerged looming questions: 'Why was India partitioned in 1947?' 'Was it inevitable?' This book chronicles the seminal studies by leading scholars to analyse the timing and causation of Partition.
   From first-hand accounts of the process of Partition to the reconstruction of the experiences of the subordinate and the marginal, this book presents balanced analyses of the process and events leading to the Partition. It locates long term imperatives in Hindu and Muslim revivalist movements of the nineteenth century regional factors with focus on the United Provinces, Punjab, and Bengal as well as the international contexts. The introduction connects the different threads and charts the historical development of the debate around Partition. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber

Kaushik Roy teaches history at Presidency College, Kolkata. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Profile page (Oslo).

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