The Bengal BorderlandThe Bengal Borderland constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') has been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably, been largely ignored by historians. |
Contents
Partition Studies | 24 |
Radcliffes Fateful Line 23 | 39 |
A Patchwork Border | 53 |
Securing the Territory | 87 |
Defiance and Accommodation | 118 |
The Flow of Goods | 147 |
Narratives of Border Crossing | 191 |
Migrants Fences and Deportation | 210 |
Rebels and Bandits | 256 |
Rifle Raj and the Killer Border | 296 |
Nation and Borderland | 332 |
Beyond State and Nation | 363 |
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The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia Willem van Schendel Limited preview - 2005 |
The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia Willem van Schendel Limited preview - 2005 |
The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia Willem van Schendel Limited preview - 2004 |
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