TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dhulipala,Venkat
TI  - Creating a new Medina: state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India 
SN  - 9781316616314 (hardback)
U1  - 954.91035 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Daryaganj, Delhi
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - All-India Muslim League
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Elections
KW  - India
KW  - Uttar Pradesh
KW  - Pakistan movement
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - India, North
KW  - Uttar Pradesh (India)
N1  - 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
N2  - "Discusses the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism as well as our current understanding of the roots of its postcolonial identity crisis"--
UR  - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43499
ER  -