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Home, uprooted : oral histories of India's partition /

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 resul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chawla, Devika (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.