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Author Hajari, Nisid, author.

Title Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition / Nisid Hajari.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]

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Location Pub Note Copy No. Status
 DeKalb PL Adult Non-Fiction - DKLY-12  954.042 HAJ    AVAILABLE
 Moline PL Adult Non-Fiction - MPLG-6  954.042 HAJ    AVAILABLE
 Woodstock PL Adult Non-Fiction - WOLY-11  954.042 HAJ    AVAILABLE
Description xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-311) and index.
Contents Prologue: a train to Pakistan -- Fury -- Jinnah and Jawaharlal -- Madhouse -- Pakistan murdabad! -- Indian summer -- Off the rails -- "Stop this madness" -- Ad hoc jihad -- Himalayan Quagmire -- The last battle.
Summary Describes how a cycle of rioting and violence leading up to the partition of India and birth of Pakistan resulted in brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing on both sides of the border, creating a divide between India and Pakistan that persists decades later.
Subject Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.
Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948. (OCoLC)fst00047357
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. (OCoLC)fst00043065
India-Pakistan Conflict (1947-1949) (OCoLC)fst00968996
Partition of India (1947) (OCoLC)fst01353944
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Subject India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
India -- History -- Partition, 1947.
Pakistan -- History -- 20th century.
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
Pakistan. (OCoLC)fst01210275
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780547669212 (hardcover)
0547669216 (hardcover)

 
    
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