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Title South Asian cultures of the bomb : atomic publics and the state in India and Pakistan / edited by Itty Abraham.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Introduction: nuclear power and atomic publics / Itty Abraham -- Fevered with dreams of the future: the coming of the atomic age to Pakistan / Zia Mian -- India's nuclear enclave and the practice of secrecy / M.V. Ramana -- The social life of a bomb: India and the ontology of an "overpopulated" society / Sankaran Krishna -- Pride and proliferation: Pakistan's nuclear psyche after a. Q. Khan / Ammara Durrani -- The politics of death: the antinuclear imaginary in India / Srirupa Roy -- Pakistan's atomic publics: survey results / Haider Nizamani -- Gods, bombs, and the social imaginary / Raminder Kaur -- Nuclearization and Pakistani popular culture since 1998 / Iftikhar Dadi -- Guardians of the nuclear myth: politics, ideology, and India's strategic community / Karsten Frey.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Since their founding as independent nations, nuclear issues have been key elements of nationalism and the public sphere in both India and Pakistan. Yet the relationship between nuclear arms and civil society in the region is seldom taken into account in conventional security studies. These original and provocative essays examine the political and ideological components of national drives to possess and test nuclear weapons. Equal coverage for comparable issues in each country frames the volume as a genuin.
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Subject Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- India.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy.
India.
Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- India.
Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects.
Nationalism -- India.
Nationalism.
Civil society -- India.
Civil society.
India -- Military policy.
Military policy.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Pakistan.
Pakistan.
Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- Pakistan.
Nationalism -- Pakistan.
Civil society -- Pakistan.
Pakistan -- Military policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Abraham, Itty, 1960-
Other Form: Print version: South Asian cultures of the bomb. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009 9780253352538 0253352533 (DLC) 2008031607 (OCoLC)216935803
ISBN 9780253002679 (electronic book)
0253002672 (electronic book)
9780253352538 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0253352533 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780253220325 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0253220327 (paperback ; alkaline paper)