Midnight's descendants : a history of South Asia since partition / John Keay.

"In Midnight's Descendants, John Keay presents the first general history of present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and its peoples. The book examines the complex web of affiliations--of kinship, locality, language, tribe, clan, profession, and caste--that shape relat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Keay, John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
Subjects:	Regionalism > South Asia. Geopolitics > South Asia. HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia. HISTORY > Modern > 20th century. Geopolitics International relations Politics and government Regionalism Social conditions South Asia > History. South Asia > Politics and government. South Asia > Relations. South Asia > Social conditions. South Asia Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Chapter One. Casting the Die
Chapter Two. Counting the Cost
Chapter Three. Who Has Not Heard of the Vale of Cashmere?
Chapter Four. Past Conditional
Chapter Five. Reality Check
Chapter Six. Power to the People
Chapter Seven. An Ill-Starred Conjunction
Chapter Eight. Two-Way Tickets, Double Standards
Chapter Nine. Things Fall Apart
Chapter Ten. Outside the Gates
Chapter Eleven. India Astir.

Midnight's descendants : a history of South Asia since partition / John Keay.

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