Creating a new Medina : state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India /
Dhulipala, Venkat.
Creating a new Medina : state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala. - xxii, 530 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"--
9781316616314 (hardback)
2014018926
All-India Muslim League--History--20th century.
Elections--History--India--Uttar Pradesh--20th century.
Pakistan movement--History.
Nationalism--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Islam and politics--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Postcolonialism--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Pakistan--Politics and government--20th century.
India, North--Politics and government--20th century.
Uttar Pradesh (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
954.91035
Creating a new Medina : state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala. - xxii, 530 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"--
9781316616314 (hardback)
2014018926
All-India Muslim League--History--20th century.
Elections--History--India--Uttar Pradesh--20th century.
Pakistan movement--History.
Nationalism--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Islam and politics--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Postcolonialism--History--Pakistan--20th century.
Pakistan--Politics and government--20th century.
India, North--Politics and government--20th century.
Uttar Pradesh (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
954.91035