From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947-1970 / edited by Taylor C. Sherman, William Gould, Sarah Ansari.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.Description: vi, 250 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781107064270
- 954.04 23 SHE
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General Books | CUTN Central Library History & Geography | Non-fiction | 954.04 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36402 |
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.
This book explores the shift from colonial rule to independence in India and Pakistan, with the aim of unravelling the explicit meaning and relevance of 'independence' for the new citizens of India and Pakistan during the two decades post 1947.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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