{"product_id":"the-great-partition-the-making-of-india-and-pakistan","title":"The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedomthrough the liberation of India from British rule  and the creation of the Muslim state of Pakistan. Instead  the geographical divide brought displacement and death  and it benefited the few at the expense of the very many. Thousands of women were raped  at least one million people were killed  and ten to fifteen million were forced to leave their homes as refugees. One of the first events of decolonization in the twentieth century  Partition was also one of the most bloody.  In this book Yasmin Khan examines the context  execution  and aftermath of Partition  weaving together local politics and ordinary lives with the larger political forces at play. She exposes the widespread obliviousness to what Partition would entail in practice and how it would affect the populace. Drawing together fresh information from an array of sources  Khan underscores the catastrophic human cost and shows why the repercussions of Partition resound even now  some sixty years later. The book is an intelligent and timely analysis of Partition  the haste and recklessness with which it was completed  and the damaging legacy left in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946604818485,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300120788","price":223.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300120783.jpg?v=1769956936","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-partition-the-making-of-india-and-pakistan","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}