The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Khan, Yasmin

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 2007-09-18. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition (first printing). A very good used copy in a very good dust jacket. The Partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedomthrough the liberation of India from British rule, and the creation of theMuslim state of Pakistan. Instead, the geographical divide brought displacement and death, and it benefited the few at the expense of the very many. Thousands of women were raped, at least one million people were killed, and ten to fifteen million were forced to leave their homes as refugees. One of the first events of decolonization in the twentieth century, Partition was also one of the most bloody.In this book Yasmin Khan examines the context, execution, and aftermath of Partition, weaving together local politics and ordinary lives with the larger political forces at play. She exposes the widespread obliviousness to what Partition would entail in practice and how it would affect the… Read More

Hardback. Very Good.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2007. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Leans slightly.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6½” (1.1 kg); (xxi) 251pp; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Timeline; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Maps; List of abbreviations; Glossary; ISBN: 978-0-3001-2078-3 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199029|| Condition:

Yale University Press, 2007-09-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!