The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia

by Willem van Schendel

Book Overview

'The Bengal Borderland' constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') has been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably, been largely ignored by historians. While South Asia is poorly represented in borderland studies, the study of South Asian borderlands appears indispensable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843311445
• ISBN13: 9781843311447
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"