Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
[2015]
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780547669212 0547669216 |