Divided Cities: Partition and Its Aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar, 1947-1957
- ISBN-10
- 0195472268
- ISBN-13
- 9780195472264
- Series
- Divided Cities
- Category
- Amritsar (India)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Ian Talbot
Description
Talbot studies the impact of the 1947 partition of the Punjabi cities of Lahore and Amritsar, providing important comparative insights into the processes of violence, demographic transformation, and physical reconstruction.
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- 2023-07
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- 2011-11-29
- 280 pages
- Ebook
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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