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1 online resource (x, 203 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction: A South-Asian Life of Our Times; Chapter 1. Society in Pre-Partition India; Chapter 2. The 1857 Uprising and Early Independence Movement; Chapter 3. Negotiations for Transfer of Power and Partition; Chapter 4. Early Post-Partition: Divergent Paths; Chapter 5. Education and Socio-Economic Conditions in Pakistan-1951 to 1957; Chapter 6. Nehru and Ayub Years; Chapter 7. Medical Education and Surgical Training: 1957-1972; Chapter 8. Student Movement in Pakistan; Chapter 9. Decline and Fall of Ayub; Chapter 10. Health Service and Society in North America, 1973 -2007. |
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Chapter 11. The Rise of FundamentalismChapter 12. Hospital Management; Chapter 13. BB-NS Musical Chairs; Chapter 14. America the Beautiful; Chapter 15. UK 2001-2002; Chapter 16. Colonization to Globalization; Bibliography; Glossary. |
| Summary |
A medical doctor and political activist traces his life from India at partition to graduate work and practice in the UK and America, comparing health standards, economic well-being, race relations, and the political atmosphere on three continents during the socially-conscious 1960s and later under bare-knuckle capitalism. He includes a brief synopsis of Pakistan?s tumultuous history, including the role played by superpowers with an interest in the region. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ehtisham, S. Akhtar, 1939-
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Ehtisham, S. Akhtar, 1939- |
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Ehtisham, S. Akhtar, 1939- |
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Pakistani Americans -- Biography.
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Pakistani Americans. |
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Biographies.
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Physicians -- Biography.
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Physicians -- Biography. |
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Political activists -- Biography.
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Political activists. |
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Medical care -- Pakistan.
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Medical care. |
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Pakistan. |
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Medical care -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
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Medical care -- United States.
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United States. |
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Pakistan -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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1945- |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Medical care. |
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ehtisham, S. Akhtar, 1939- Medical doctor examines life on three continents. New York, NY : Algora Pub., ©2008 (DLC) 2008037936 |
| ISBN |
0875866352 (electronic book) |
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9780875866352 (electronic book) |
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1281793833 |
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9781281793836 |
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0875866336 (Paper) |
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0875866344 (Cloth) |
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9780875866338 (trade paper) |
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9780875866345 (case laminate) |
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