Region and Partition: Bengal, Punjab and the Partition of the Subcontinent

by Ian Talbot (Editor), Lan Talbot

For the first time, this book brings a comparative perspective to the two Muslim majority areas of the subcontinent most affected by the turmoil which followed the British decision to divide and quit in 1947. It presents important new insights into both the mechanisms of boundary drawing and
the consequences for the millions of ordinary people caught up in the massacres and migrations.

418 pages, Hardcover

First published September 9, 1999

About the author

Ian Talbot is professor of history at Southampton University and one of Europe's leading historians of South Asia. He is the author of many books on the subcontinent.