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008			211227s2021 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781316517956 : _q(hardback) _cRs.995.00
040			_aIDSK _beng _cIDSK
041			_aeng _heng
082	0	0	_a305.800954 _223 _bC4956p
100	1		_aChattha, Ilyas _eauthor. _94351
245	1	4	_aThe Punjab borderland : _bmobility, materiality and militancy, 1947-1987 / _cIlyas Chattha.
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_axvii ,313 p.: _bill ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"In 1947, the Punjab border was created that defined the boundary of the newly independent states of India and Pakistan. This book seeks to provide the first rounded social history of this international border, which was a result of the end of the British colonial rule. It divided a population that spoke the same language and shared similar cultural traditions. Over the years, anxieties over security and sovereignty triggered, and the border was surveyed, demarcated and marked with pillars. The book looks at the making of the boundary on the ground and explores the process of demarcation and its implications for the cities of Lahore and Amritsar and the local people who experienced it most directly in their everyday lives. It probes into the development of vast informal economies across the new Punjab border, and reveals that they were inextricably linked with the process of border formation, compelling the state to exert considerable efforts to control its border"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aPunjab (India) _xHistory _yPartition, 1947. _2LCSH _94352
651		0	_aPunjab (India) _xBoundaries. _94353
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yBritish occupation, 1765-1947. _9680
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