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From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947-1970 / edited by Taylor C. Sherman, William Gould, Sarah Ansari.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Delhi, India ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: vi, 250 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107064270 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.04 SHE.F 23
LOC classification:
  • DS480.84 .F77 2014
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.
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Book Book Dept. of Political Science General Stacks Dept. of Political Science Non-fiction 954.04 SHE.F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available POL22549

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"Offers a fresh and timely perspective on the broader field of early postcolonial South Asian history"-- Provided by publisher.

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