The book offers a fresh and timely perspective on the broader field of early postcolonial South Asian history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements; Introduction Taylor C. Sherman, William Gould and Sarah Ansari; 1. Personal law and citizenship in India's transition to independence Eleanor Newbigin; 2. From subjects to citizens? Rationing, refugees and the publicity of corruption over independence in UP William Gould; 3. Performing peace: Gandhi's assassination as a critical moment in the consolidation of the Nehruvian state Yasmin Khan; 4. Migration, citizenship and belonging in Hyderabad (Deccan), 1946 1956 Taylor C. Sherman; 5. Punjabi refugees' rehabilitation and the Indian state: discourses, denials and dissonances Ian Talbot; 6. Sovereignty, governmentality and development in Ayub's Pakistan: the case of Korangi Township Markus Daechsel; 7. Everyday expectations of the state during Pakistan's early years: letters to the Editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950 1953 Sarah Ansari; 8. Concrete 'progress': irrigation, development and modernity in mid-twentieth century Sind Daniel Haines; 9. Partition narratives: displaced trauma and culpability among British civil servants in 1940s Punjab Catherine Coombs; Contributors; Index.
