Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945

by Ainslie T Embree, Mark C Carnes, Ainslie T. Embree

Book Overview

Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim state--Pakistan--be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469670798
• ISBN13: 9781469670799
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"