Pakistan : origins, identity and future /: origins, identity and future. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Pervez Hoodbhoy.
• Authors: Hoodbhoy, Pervez
• Contents: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Long Before The Two-Nation Idea 1. Identity Formation in Medieval India 2. The British Reinvent India Part Two: A Closer Look At Pakistan’s Three Founder-Heroes 3. Founder I: The Lonely Modernizer 4. Founder II: Premier Poet–Preacher–Politician 5. Founder III: Liberal, Secular, Visionary? 6. Jinnah Trounces his Muslim Opponents Part Three: Postnatal Blues 7. Stubborn Angularities I: East Pakistan 8. Stubborn Angularities II: Balochistan Part Four: Five Big Questions 9. Was Partition Worth the Price? 10. What Is the Ideology of Pakistan – and Does It Matter? 11. Why Couldn’t Pakistan Become an Islamic State? 12. Why Is Pakistan a Praetorian State? 13. Identity: I’m Pakistani, but What Am I? Part Five: Looking Ahead 14. Three Physical Perils up Ahead 15. The Paths Travelled Post-1971 16. Replacing the Two Nation Theory Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (454 pages)
• Subjects: 954.91; Nationalism -- Pakistan -- History; National characteristics, Pakistani; Pakistan -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000856675; 9781000856538
• Related ISBNs: 9781032270234; 9781032458953
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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