The spoils of Partition : Bengal and India, 1947-1967 /

The spoils of Partition : Bengal and India, 1947-1967 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chatterji, Joya.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. ©2007
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 15 Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 15.
Subject:	West Bengal (India) -- History. Bengal (India) -- History -- Partition, 1947. India -- History -- Partition, 1947. India. India -- Bengal. India -- West Bengal. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813471

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ISBN:	9780511378966 0511378963 9780511497384 0511497385 0521875366 9780521875363 9780521188067 0521188067 9780511376252 0511376251 9780511374722 0511374720 9780521875363
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-331) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	An assessment of the devastating social, political and economic consequences of the partition of Bengal.
Other form:	Print version: Chatterji, Joya. Spoils of Partition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521875363 0521875366

Table of Contents:

The devil in the detail : new borders for a new state
Swings and roundabouts : West Bengal and the new India
Partition and migration : refugees in West Bengal, 1947-1967
Staying on : Partitin and West Bengal's Muslim minorities
Political reconstruction and change : Congress government and politics, 1947-1967
The revenge of the periphery : the rise of the opposition in West Bengal.