Creating a new Medina : state power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala.

By:

Dhulipala, Venkat

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Daryaganj, Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xxii, 530 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781316616314 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.91035 23

Online resources:

Book review (H-Net)

Contents:

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.

Scope and content: "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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Book	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	Rashtram School of Public Leadership	954.91035 DHU (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		RU00002906

Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-518) and index.

"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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