Pakistan : a very short introduction
Pippa Virdee (Author)
Pippa Virdee considers the history of Pakistan, created as a new nation state in 1947, placing it in the context of the region's four-thousand-year-old pre-colonial heritage. She discusses Pakistan's religion and society, the state and the military, popular culture, language and literature, as well as its relationship with the rest of the world
History
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
9780191881961, 9780192586384, 9780192586391, 0191881961, 0192586386, 0192586394
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1. Progress of a dream
2. The ancient in the modern
3. Towards the idea of Pakistan
4. Consolidation and fragmentation
5. Building the land of the pure
6. Visualizing the land of the pure
7. The world outside
8. Looking backwards, going forward?
Also issued in print: 2021
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