India and Pakistan

This first volume in the series looks at a region that is all too often viewed through the prism of European experience: India and Pakistan. Ian Talbot provides a wide-ranging study of nationalism in a non-European context, showing how the 'invention' of modern India and Pakistan drew heavily for inspiration on indigenous values. Analyzing both the effects of colonial rule and the post-colonial aftermath, the book is a readable and up-to-date introduction to the major issues in the contemporary history of the sub-continent and an examination of a recent trend in historical writing to emphasize the extent to which nations are made, not born. The book explores whether the forging of the nation is a matter of conscious manipulation by an elite or guided by more popular imperatives or a combination of the two.

• | Author: Ian Talbot
• | Publisher: A&c Black 3pl
• | Publication Date: Jul 28, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0340706333
• | ISBN-13: 9780340706336