From Subjects to Citizens

Society and the Everyday State in India and Pakistan, 1947-1970

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3608804
AutoresTaylor C Sherman (0009-0002-1688-0252, London School of Economics and Political Science), William Gould, William B Gould (0000-0001-5774-3006, University of Leeds), Ansari (0000-0001-6138-1554, Royal Holloway University of London), Sarah Ansari (0000-0003-0149-4455)
Ano2011
Volume45
Fascículo1
Páginas1-6
Data de publicação2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x10000235
OpenAlexW2052987281
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas3

This special issue ofModern Asian Studiesexplores the shift from colonial rule to independence in India and Pakistan, with the aim of unravelling the explicit meanings and relevance of 'independence' for the new citizens of India and Pakistan during the two decades after 1947. While the study of postcolonial South Asia has blossomed in recent years, this volume addresses a number of imbalances in this dynamic and highly popular field. Firstly, the histories of India and Pakistan after 1947 have come to be conceived separately, with many scholars assuming that the two states developed along divergent paths after independence. Thus, the dominant historical paradigm has been to examine either India or Pakistan in relative isolation from one another. While a handful of very recent books on the partition of the subcontinent have begun to study the two states simultaneously, very few of these new histories reach beyond the immediate concerns of partition. Of course, both countries developed out of much the same set of historical experiences. Viewing the two states in the same frame not only allows the contributors to this issue to explore common themes, it also facilitates an exploration of the powerful continuities between the pre- and post-independence periods

Barometer · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Development economics · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Partition (number theory · Political science · Sociology · South asia · State (computer science · History · Law · Mathematics · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts