| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Beginnings-in Headnotes; 2. Fieldwork/Homework; 3. A Story Travels; 4. Home Outside Home; 5. Adrift: Reluctant Nomads; 6. Hearth Crossings; 7. Remnants; 8. My Father, My Interlocutor; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
The Indian Independence Act of 1947 granted India freedom from British rule, signaling the formal end of the British Raj in the subcontinent. This freedom, though, came at a price: partition, the division of the country into India and Pakistan, and the communal riots that followed. These riots resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1 million Hindus and Muslims and the displacement of about 20 million persons on both sides of the border. This watershed socioeconomic-geopolitical moment cast an enduring shadow on India's relationship with neighboring Pakistan. Presenting a perspective of the mid. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Refugees -- India -- Biography.
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Refugees. |
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India. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Personal narratives.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage. |
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Partition of India (India : 1947) |
| Chronological Term |
1947 |
| Indexed Term |
Ethnography. |
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Home. |
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India. |
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Mobilities. |
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Narrative. |
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Oral History. |
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Partition. |
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Refugee. |
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Storytelling. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chawla, Devika. Home, uprooted : oral histories of India's partition. First edition. New York, New York : Fordham University Press, ©2014 x, 273 pages 9780823256433 |
| ISBN |
9780823256471 (electronic book) |
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0823256472 (electronic book) |
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9780823256457 (electronic book) |
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0823256456 (electronic book) |
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1322965129 |
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9781322965123 |
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9780823268894 (electronic book) |
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0823268896 (electronic book) |
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9780823256433 |
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9780823256440 |
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082325643X (hardback) |
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0823256448 (paper) |
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