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Borders and conflict in South Asia : the Radcliffe Boundary Commission and the partition of Punjab
- Title
- Borders and conflict in South Asia : the Radcliffe Boundary Commission and the partition of Punjab / Lucy P. Chester.
- Author
- Chester, Lucy P.
- Publication
- Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 222 p., [8] p. of plates : col. maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in imperialism
- Uniform Title
- Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-217) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1: 'Standing on the edge of a volcano': the historical context of partition -- 2: 'This is your country and it is up to you to decide': the façade of South Asian responsibility -- 3: 'Nobody had been paying any attention to the case': the boundary commission at work -- 4: 'Water was the key': Radcliffe's private deliberations -- 5: 'A political decision, and not a judicial one': the Radcliffe award -- 6: 'The stories they carried': the aftermath -- 7: 'An awful lot of thought should have gone into it': alternatives to the Radcliffe award -- 8: 'In between, on a bit of earth with no name': the development of the Indo-Pakistani borderlands -- 9: Imperial epitaphs: Cyril Radcliffe and the end of empire -- Conclusion: 'no such deeds': responsibility and remembrance.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-686
- ISBN
- 9780719078996 (hbk.)
- 0719078997 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 313645233
- Author
- Chester, Lucy P.
- Title
- Borders and conflict in South Asia : the Radcliffe Boundary Commission and the partition of Punjab / Lucy P. Chester.
- Imprint
- Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Series
- Studies in imperialismStudies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-217) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-686