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Amritsar à Lahore : un voyage à travers la frontière indienne-pakistanaise-

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Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border
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ISBN
9780812217438
Book Title
Amritsar to Lahore : a Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Stephen Alter
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Political Science
Topic
Social Scientists & Psychologists, International Relations / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Essays & Travelogues
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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"During the course of my journey, many of the people I met in Pakistan and India expressed a curious combination of affection, indifference, and animosity toward their neighbors across the border. . . . The border divides them but it is also a seam that joins the fabric of their cultures." On 15 August 1947, in what some have argued was the final, cynical act of a collapsing empire, the British left India divided. Arbitrary borders that have profoundly affected the recent history of the subcontinent were drawn upon the map of India. In the violence that accompanied Partition, it has been estimated that close to a million people were killed and more than ten million uprooted and displaced. The hatreds created by what was one of the largest mass migrations in history only exacerbated the religious tensions that originally led to Partition. Since then, India and Pakistan have fought three devastating wars, and the danger of armed conflict is constant. A sensitive and thoughtful look at the lasting effects of Partition on everyday people, Amritsar to Lahore describes a journey across the contested border between India and Pakistan in 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of Partition. Setting out from and then returning to New Delhi, Stephen Alter crossed the border into Pakistan, retraced the legendary route of the Frontier Mail toward the Khyber Pass, and made his return by bus along the Grand Trunk Road, stopping in major cities along the way. During this journey and another in 1998, Alter interviewed people from all classes and castes: Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, men and women. In candid conversation, the older generation who lived through the events of 1947 shared their memories and opinions of that pivotal moment of Partition, while youths who have inherited the fragments of that past reflected upon the meaning of national identity. In an engaging account of peoples and places, Alter documents in evocative detail his meetings with varied individuals. He recalls the Muslim taxi driver who recognizes an air of confidence with which men in Pakistan walk the streets dressed in salwar kameez; the brigadier who saved the brass insignia of the British crown from Lord Mountbatten's Rolls Royce; gold merchants, customs officers, fellow travelers, musicians, and many others. Alongside these diverse and vivid interviews, chance conversations, and oral histories, Alter provides informed commentary to raise questions about national and individual identity, the territorial imperatives of history, and the insidious mythology of borders. A third-generation American in India, where he has spent much of his life, Alter reflects intimately upon India's past and present as a special observer, both insider and outsider. His meaningful encounters with people on his journey illustrate the shared culture and heritage of South Asia, as well as the hateful suspicions and intolerance that permeate throughout the India-Pakistan frontier. Also woven into the narrative are discussions of the works of South Asian novelists, poets, and filmmakers who have struggled with the issue of identity across the borderlands. Ongoing battles in Kashmir and nuclear testing by both India and Pakistan may prove that peace in this region can be achieved only when border disputes are resolved. Offering both the perspective of hindsight and a troubling vision of the future, Amritsar to Lahore presents a compelling argument against the impenetrability of boundaries and the tragic legacy of lands divided.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812217438
ISBN-13
9780812217438
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1726330

Product Key Features

Book Title
Amritsar to Lahore : a Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Social Scientists & Psychologists, International Relations / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Essays & Travelogues
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Political Science
Type
Textbook
Author
Stephen Alter
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
21
Lccn
00-033800
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
915.404/52
Lc Classification Number
Ds414.2.A55 2001
Copyright Date
2000

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