1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India

by Anam Zakaria

Book Overview

The year 1971 exists everywhere in Bangladesh-on its roads, in sculptures, in its museums and oral history projects, in its curriculum, in people's homes and their stories, and in political discourse. It marks the birth of the nation, its liberation. More than 1000 miles away, in Pakistan too, 1971 marks a watershed moment, its memories sitting uncomfortably in public imagination. It is remembered as the 'Fall of Dacca', the dismemberment of Pakistan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014345403X
• ISBN13: 9780143454038
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.9"