TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haimanti Roy
TI  - PARTITION OF INDIA : Oxford India Short Introductions
T2  - Oxford India short introductions
SN  - 019948869X
U1  - 954.042 
PY  - 2018////01/01
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Partition of India (1947)
KW  - fast
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - Partition, 1947
KW  - 20th century
N1  - This short introduction provides a comprehensive account of the causes, experience, and aftermath of the Partition and acquaints its readers with major debates in a succinct manner. It situates the history and politics of the division within the broader histories of colonial and postcolonial South Asia and draws attention to the multiplicity of meanings of 1947 and their relevance in framing and understanding contemporary challenges in South Asia; Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-162) and index
N2  - This book is a short introduction to the causes, experiences, the aftermath and the legacies of the Partition of India. It introduces the history and the major debates in the writing about this division. The book asks the reader to reflect on the many ways of framing 1947 and its continuing relevance in the contemporary challenges faced in South Asia today
ER  -