The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories

Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar

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Paper, 304 pages, 25 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13847-5
$27.50 / £19.00

November, 2007
Cloth, 304 pages, 25 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13846-8
$60.00 / £41.50

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Translations / Transliterations

Introduction: The Place of Partition

The Making of Refuges, 1947

1. Muslim Exodus from Delhi

2. Hindu Exodus from Karachi

Moving People, Immovable Property

3. Refugees, Boundaries, Citizens

4. Economies of Displacement

Imagined Limits, Unimaginable Nations

5. Passports and Boundaries

6. The Phantasm of Passports

In Conclusion

7. Moving Boundaries

Abbreviations in Notes

Notes

Selected Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• South Asian Studies

Series

• Cultures of History

About the Author

Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar is assistant professor of history at Brown University.

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