Creating a new Medina: state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India /
Publication details: Daryaganj, Delhi Cambridge University Press 2015Description: xxii, 530 pages illustrations, maps 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781316616314Subject(s): All-India Muslim League -- History -- 20th century | Elections -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History -- 20th century | Pakistan movement -- History | Nationalism -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century | Power (Social sciences) -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century | Islam and politics -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century | Postcolonialism -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century | Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century | India, North -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 954.91035 LOC classification: DS480.45 | .D49 2015Online resources: Book review (H-Net)| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-518) and index.
Nationalists', communalists' and the 1937 provincial elections -- Muslim mass contacts' and the rise of the Muslim League -- Two constitutional lawyers from Bombay and the debate over Pakistan in the public sphere -- The Muslim League and the idea of Pakistan in the United Provinces -- The Ulama at the forefront of politics : three critiques of Pakistan from the United Provinces -- Urdu press, public opinion, and the controversies over Pakistan -- Fusing Islam and state power : Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Pakistan as the new Medina -- The referendum on Pakistan : the elections of 1945-46 -- Epilogue.
"Discusses the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism as well as our current understanding of the roots of its postcolonial identity crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
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