Author: Pervaiz I Cheema
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349209422
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58
Author: Pervaiz I Cheema
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349209422
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349209422
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Bengal Borderland
Author: Willem van Schendel
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843311453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
'The Bengal Borderland' constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') has been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably, been largely ignored by historians.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843311453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
'The Bengal Borderland' constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') has been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably, been largely ignored by historians.
Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan
Author: Hamid Khan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199407828
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
It has been seven decades since the independent state of Pakistan was carved out of British India, yet the country is still in pursuit of a suitable constitutional framework. Over this period of time, no other country has experimented with so many different constitutional forms, from parliamentary democracy to presidential form of government, to outright military regimes. This book analyses constitutional development in Pakistan from its inception to present times. It provides a case-by-case account of constitution-making in Pakistan, with the inclusion of all pertinent documentation. Constitutional developments have been explained in the context of social and political events that shaped them. The book focuses on constitutional and political history, and constitutional development concurrently. It includes a liberal humanitarian reading of the travails of lawmakers and the role of generals, judges, politicians, and bureaucrats in the implementation of law. Students of law, political science, and history, as well as lawyers, judges, and professors will find this book of particular value. Being grounded in a socio-political context, this book is also of interest to the general reader. The third edition is updated to cover the constitutional and political developments up until 2013.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199407828
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
It has been seven decades since the independent state of Pakistan was carved out of British India, yet the country is still in pursuit of a suitable constitutional framework. Over this period of time, no other country has experimented with so many different constitutional forms, from parliamentary democracy to presidential form of government, to outright military regimes. This book analyses constitutional development in Pakistan from its inception to present times. It provides a case-by-case account of constitution-making in Pakistan, with the inclusion of all pertinent documentation. Constitutional developments have been explained in the context of social and political events that shaped them. The book focuses on constitutional and political history, and constitutional development concurrently. It includes a liberal humanitarian reading of the travails of lawmakers and the role of generals, judges, politicians, and bureaucrats in the implementation of law. Students of law, political science, and history, as well as lawyers, judges, and professors will find this book of particular value. Being grounded in a socio-political context, this book is also of interest to the general reader. The third edition is updated to cover the constitutional and political developments up until 2013.
Animosity at Bay
Author: Pallavi Raghavan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190087579
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A fresh, unconventional look at the early post-partition years, suggesting that cooperation rather than conflict was the order of the day between India and Pakistan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190087579
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A fresh, unconventional look at the early post-partition years, suggesting that cooperation rather than conflict was the order of the day between India and Pakistan.
A History of Bangladesh
Author: Willem van Schendel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108473695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
A revised and updated edition of Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history, revealing the vibrant and colourful past of Bangladesh.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108473695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
A revised and updated edition of Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history, revealing the vibrant and colourful past of Bangladesh.
The Armed Forces of Pakistan
Author: Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814716335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book describes the nature of Pakistan's defense capabilities and the forces that shape them in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814716335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book describes the nature of Pakistan's defense capabilities and the forces that shape them in the twenty-first century.
A Book of Conquest
Author: Manan Ahmed Asif
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674972430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The question of how Islam arrived in India remains markedly contentious in South Asian politics. Standard accounts center on the Umayyad Caliphate’s incursions into Sind and littoral western India in the eighth century CE. In this telling, Muslims were a foreign presence among native Hindus, sowing the seeds of a mutual animosity that presaged the subcontinent’s partition into Pakistan and India many centuries later. But in a compelling reexamination of the history of Islam in India, Manan Ahmed Asif directs attention to a thirteenth-century text that tells the story of Chach, the Brahmin ruler of Sind, and his kingdom’s later conquest by the Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE. The Chachnama has long been a touchstone of Indian history, yet it is seldom studied in its entirety. Asif offers a close and complete analysis of this important text, untangling its various registers and genres in order to reconstruct the political vision at its heart. Asif challenges the main tenets of the Chachnama’s interpretation: that it is a translation of an earlier Arabic text and that it presents a history of conquest. Debunking both ideas, he demonstrates that the Chachnama was originally Persian and, far from advancing a narrative of imperial aggression, is a subtle and sophisticated work of political theory, one embedded in both the Indic and Islamic ethos. This social and intellectual history of the Chachnama is an important corrective to the divisions between Muslim and Hindu that so often define Pakistani and Indian politics today.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674972430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The question of how Islam arrived in India remains markedly contentious in South Asian politics. Standard accounts center on the Umayyad Caliphate’s incursions into Sind and littoral western India in the eighth century CE. In this telling, Muslims were a foreign presence among native Hindus, sowing the seeds of a mutual animosity that presaged the subcontinent’s partition into Pakistan and India many centuries later. But in a compelling reexamination of the history of Islam in India, Manan Ahmed Asif directs attention to a thirteenth-century text that tells the story of Chach, the Brahmin ruler of Sind, and his kingdom’s later conquest by the Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE. The Chachnama has long been a touchstone of Indian history, yet it is seldom studied in its entirety. Asif offers a close and complete analysis of this important text, untangling its various registers and genres in order to reconstruct the political vision at its heart. Asif challenges the main tenets of the Chachnama’s interpretation: that it is a translation of an earlier Arabic text and that it presents a history of conquest. Debunking both ideas, he demonstrates that the Chachnama was originally Persian and, far from advancing a narrative of imperial aggression, is a subtle and sophisticated work of political theory, one embedded in both the Indic and Islamic ethos. This social and intellectual history of the Chachnama is an important corrective to the divisions between Muslim and Hindu that so often define Pakistani and Indian politics today.
The Bangladesh Reader
Author: Meghna Guhathakurta
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822353180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade or through its influence on Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim life. Yet the country rarely figures in global affairs or media, except in stories about floods, poverty, or political turmoil. The Bangladesh Reader does what those portrayals do not: It illuminates the rich historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh, and it conveys a sense of the aspirations and daily lives of Bangladeshis. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars, the Reader encompasses first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, songs, photographs, cartoons, paintings, posters, advertisements, maps, and a recipe. Classic selections familiar to many Bangladeshis—and essential reading for those who want to know the country—are juxtaposed with less-known pieces. The selections are translated from a dozen languages; many have not been available in English until now. Featuring eighty-three images, including seventeen in color, The Bangladesh Reader is an unprecedented, comprehensive introduction to the South Asian country's turbulent past and dynamic present.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822353180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade or through its influence on Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim life. Yet the country rarely figures in global affairs or media, except in stories about floods, poverty, or political turmoil. The Bangladesh Reader does what those portrayals do not: It illuminates the rich historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh, and it conveys a sense of the aspirations and daily lives of Bangladeshis. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars, the Reader encompasses first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, songs, photographs, cartoons, paintings, posters, advertisements, maps, and a recipe. Classic selections familiar to many Bangladeshis—and essential reading for those who want to know the country—are juxtaposed with less-known pieces. The selections are translated from a dozen languages; many have not been available in English until now. Featuring eighty-three images, including seventeen in color, The Bangladesh Reader is an unprecedented, comprehensive introduction to the South Asian country's turbulent past and dynamic present.
Citizen Refugee
Author: Uditi Sen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Explores how refugees were used as agents of nation-building in India, leading to gendered and caste-ridden policies of rehabilitation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Explores how refugees were used as agents of nation-building in India, leading to gendered and caste-ridden policies of rehabilitation.
Bibliography on Southwestern Asia
Author: Henry Field
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human geography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human geography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description