From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947-1970

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From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947-1970

edited by Taylor C. Sherman, William Gould, Sarah Ansari

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Offers a fresh and timely perspective on the broader field of early postcolonial South Asian history"-- Provided by publisher

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  • Personal law and citizenship in India's transition to independence / Eleanor Newbigin
  • From subjects to citizens? : rationing, refugees and the publicity of corruption over independence in UP / William Gould
  • Performing peace : Gandhi's assassination as a critical moment in the consolidation of the Nehruvian state / Yasmin Khan
  • Migration, citizenship and belonging in Hyderabad (Deccan), 1946-1956 / Taylor C. Sherman
  • Punjabi refugees' rehabilitation and the Indian state : discourses, denials and dissonances / Ian Talbot
  • Sovereignty, governmentality and development in Ayub's Pakistan : the case of Korangi Township / Markus Daechsel
  • Everyday expectations of the state during Pakistan's early years : letters to the editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950-1953 / Sarah Ansari
  • Concrete 'progress' : irrigation, development and modernity in mid-twentieth century Sind / Daniel Haines
  • Partition narratives : displaced trauma and culpability among British civil servants in 1940s Punjab / Catherine Coombs

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