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The long partition and the making of modern South Asia : refugees, boundaries, histories

Print Book, English, 2010
Paperback ed., 2010 View all formats and editions
Columbia University Press, New York, 2010
XIV, [2], 288 s. : il. ; 24 cm.
9780231138468, 9780231138475, 9780231511018, 0231138466, 0231138474, 0231511019
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List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsTranslations / TransliterationsIntroduction: The Place of PartitionThe Making of Refuges, 19471. Muslim Exodus from Delhi 2. Hindu Exodus from KarachiMoving People, Immovable Property3. Refugees, Boundaries, Citizens 4. Economies of DisplacementImagined Limits, Unimaginable Nations5. Passports and Boundaries 6. The Phantasm of PassportsIn Conclusion7. Moving BoundariesAbbreviations in Notes Notes Selected Glossary Bibliography Index