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The History of Pakistan

Iftikhar H. Malik

Book Code: GR4137

ISBN: 0-313-34137-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34137-3

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260 pages, map

Greenwood Press

Publication: 7/30/2008

List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

History » Asian History
Multicultural Studies » Asian Studies

Series Title: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations

Reviews:

Joining others in the Greenwood Histories of Modern Nations is a fine survey of Pakistan's evolution and development, from its early influence in Indo-Islamic culture to its establishment as a separate state. Included in the history are notes on political interactions within the region, influential individuals, and military confrontations. It's a fine historical introduction for high school or college-level holdings strong in regional country histories.
—Midwest Book Review/California Bookwatch November 2008
In this title readers discover the foundations of modern Pakistan, from its earliest empires and shared history with India to the coming of Islam and its successful fight for independence in 1947....The book concludes with a biography section of notable people in Pakistan's history, a glossary of terms and abbreviations, a bibliographic essay, and an index. The book is well written and is appropriate for high school and undergraduate students.
—ARBA Online August 2008

Description: The History of Pakistan explores the rich and intricate past of a highly diverse nation still in the process of determining its own identity. Rooted in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, shaped by the cultures of both the Middle and Far East, and now predominantly devoted to Islam, Pakistan has emerged as a unique Indo-Muslim community, viewed with caution and curiosity by the rest of the world. In this latest volume of Greenwood's History of Modern Nations series, readers discover the foundations of modern Pakistan, from its earliest empires and shared history with India to the coming of Islam and its successful fight for independence in 1947. This highly informative guide also examines the key issues and attitudes guiding Pakistan today: their volatile feud with India over the region of Kashmir and the right to nuclear development, internal debates over the role of Islam in Pakistani society, and the unbreakable dominance of the military in political affairs. Poised between a radically changing India and the politically unstable Middle East, Pakistan is an important nation to understand as it determines its course in rapidly a changing world.

Table of Contents:

Series Foreword
Preface
Acronyms
Chronology
Chapter One The Indus Heartland and Karakoram Country
Chapter Two The Indus Valley Civilisation: Dravidians to Aryans
Chapter Three Islam in South Asia: The Indus and Delhi Sultanates
Chapter Four The Great Mughals and the Golden Era in the Indo-
Islamic Civilisation, 1526-1707
Chapter Five The British Rule and the Independence Movements
Chapter Six Muslims in South Asia and the Making of Pakistan
Chapter Seven Pakistan: Establishing the State, 1947-58
Chapter Eight Military Take-over and the Separation of East Pakistan, 1958-1971
Chapter Nine Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, PPP and the Military Regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, 1972-88
Chapter Ten Democratic Decade: 1988-1999. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif
Chapter Eleven General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan in the Twenty-first Century
Biographical Notes
Glossary
Bibliography

LC Card Number: 2008012989

LCC Class: DS384

Dewey Class: 954

PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf	Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf


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