From subjects to citizens: society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947–1970

Sherman, Taylor C., Gould, William and Ansari, Sarah, eds. (2011) From subjects to citizens: society and the everyday state in India and Pakistan, 1947–1970. Modern Asian Studies, 45 (1). 1 - 224. ISSN 0026-749X

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Abstract

This special issue of Modern Asian Studies explores the shift from colonial rule to independence in India and Pakistan, with the aim of unravelling the explicit meanings and relevance of ‘independence’ for the new citizens of India and Pakistan during the two decades after 1947. While the study of postcolonial South Asia has blossomed in recent years, this volume addresses a number of imbalances in this dynamic and highly popular field. Firstly, the histories of India and Pakistan after 1947 have come to be conceived separately, with many scholars assuming that the two states developed along divergent paths after independence. Thus, the dominant historical paradigm has been to examine either India or Pakistan in relative isolation from one another. While a handful of very recent books on the partition of the subcontinent have begun to study the two states simultaneously, very few of these new histories reach beyond the immediate concerns of partition. Of course, both countries developed out of much the same set of historical experiences. Viewing the two states in the same frame not only allows the contributors to this issue to explore common themes, it also facilitates an exploration of the powerful continuities between the pre- and post-independence periods.

Item Type:	Edited journal issue
Official URL:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asi...
Additional Information:	© 2010 Cambridge University Press
Divisions:	International History
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2011 13:44
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2024 00:08
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32790

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