Joya Chatterji

The Spoils of Partition

Bengal and India, 1947 1967

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 2007 assessment of the devastating social, political and economic consequences of the partition of Bengal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521188067
• ISBN-10: 0521188067
• Artikelnr.: 32733169

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Hopes and Fears: 1. The devil in the detail: new borders for a new state
2. Swings and roundabouts: West Bengal and the new India
Part II. The Bengal Diaspora: 3. Partition and migration: refugees in West Bengal, 1947-67
4. Staying on: West Bengal's Muslim minorities
Part III. The Politics of a Partitioned State: 5. Political reconstruction and change: congress government and politics, 1947-67
6. The revenge of the periphery: the rise of the opposition in West Bengal
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography.