Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories (Cultures of History)

by VFYZamindar (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $99.06

  Examines the long, contentious, and ambivalent process of drawing political boundaries and making distinct nation-states in the midst of a historic chaos. This book juxtaposes the experiences of ordinary people against the bureaucratic interventions of both postcolonial states to manage and control refugees and administer refugee property.