Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India

by Gyanendra Pandey

Book Overview

Gyan Pandey's latest book is a compelling examination of the violence that marked the partition of India in 1947, and how the preceding events have been documented. In the process, the author provides a critique of history-writing and nationalist myth-making. He also investigates how local forms of community are established by the way in which violent events are remembered and written about. The book will be of interest to historians of South Asia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521002508
• ISBN13: 9780521002509
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"