Divided Countries, Separated Cities: The Modern Legacy of Partition

by Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes

This interesting collection of writings presents a sensitive, complex, and wide-ranging analysis of the mechanism of nation-building in partition, both post-colonial and in the context of post 1989 transitions in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The partition of the Indian subcontinent acts as a paradigm case and stands out as something of a reference point in the present volume. The texts critique the ways in which narratives of nationhood naturalize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195665406
• ISBN13: 9780195665406
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"