Bidyut Chakrabarty

The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947

Contour of Freedom

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a balanced account of the complex processes that finally culminated in the fragmentation of South Asia following decolonization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138862241
• ISBN-10: 113886224X
• Artikelnr.: 42794177

Autorenporträt

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Professor in Political Sciences and chair of Political Sciences at the University of Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Hindu-Muslim Differences: The socio-economic and cultural dimensions
2. Divide and Rule: The Communal Award and its Implications in Bengal 3.
Politics of Accommodation and Confrontation : The second partition of
Bengal 4. An Alternative to Partition: The United Bengal Scheme 5.
Redefining Borders: The Boundary Commission and the partition of Bengal 6.
Construction and Consolidation of Identities: The Sylhet referendum and
partition 7. History of Partition or Partition of History?: Fractured and
wounded voice of the people