(The) Aftermath of partition in South Asia
by Tai Yong Tan and Gyanesh Kudaisya
- New York Routledge 2000
- xiv, 322p. : + 9 maps ; 23.5 cm.
- Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia .
Includes glossary, notes, bibliography and index.
Introduction : the place of partition in South Asian histories -- 'The enigma of arrival' : 14-15 August 1947 and the celebration of independence -- Partition and the making of South Asian boundaries -- A community in crisis : partition and the Sikhs -- From displacement to development : East Punjab countryside after partition, c, 1947-67 -- Divided landscapes, fragmented identities : East Bengal refugees and their rehabilitation in India, 1947-79 -- 'Capitol landscapes' : the imprint of partition on South Asian capital cities -- Punjab and the making of Pakistan -- Contemporary South Asia and the legacies of partition