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Keywords
- bibliography
- India
- Pakistan
- society
About this book
This book fills the need for a broad, historically sophisticated understanding of Pakistan, a country at fifty which is understood by many in the West only in terms of stereotypes - the fanatical, authoritarian and reactionary "other" which is unfavorably compared to a tolerant, democratic and progressive India. There is a need at the time of Pakistan's golden jubilee for it to be taken seriously in its own right as a country of 130 million people. It is in reality a complex plural society which although greatly shaped by the colonial inheritance and circumstances of its birth is also experiencing rapid change. The author's approach breaks down stereotypes and assists in answering the vexed question of why democracy has succeeded in India, while Pakistan has been subject to long periods of authoritarianism during its five decades of existence.
About the author
Ian Talbot is Senior Lecturer in History at Coventry University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pakistan
Book Subtitle: A Modern History
Authors: I. Talbot
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-62304-0Due: 15 January 2010
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: 448