Using compelling sources, the book, which was originally published in 2007, shows how and why the borders were redrawn, how the creation of new nation states led to unprecedented. Book available to patrons with print disabilities. This book by joya chatterji is an important reºection on the partition process and its implications for the social, economic, and political development of west bengal.
'joya chatterji's eminently readable and superbly researched book on the partition of bengal and its aftermath addresses a lacuna in studies of indian independence, both in terms of the region. Using previously unexplored sources, the book shows how and why the borders were redrawn, as well as how the creation of new nation states led to unprecedented upheavals, massive shifts. 'joya chatterji's eminently readable and superbly researched book on the partition of bengal and its aftermath addresses a lacuna in studies of indian independence, both in terms of the region.
Using previously unexplored sources, the book shows how and why the borders were redrawn, as well as how the creation of new nation states led to unprecedented upheavals, massive shifts. As joya chatterji's book explores, this failure to live up to expectations was precisely the subsequent experience of those who engineered the partitioning of bengal in the. This remarkable book by an acknowledged expert on the subject assesses the social, economic and political consequences of partition.