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Pakistan: A Modern History

Pakistan: A Modern History

Talbot, I.

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General World HistoryIndian & South Asian History

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ISBN10: 0230623042
ISBN13: 9780230623040
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Jan 15 2010
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
This book fills the need for a broad, historically sophisticated understanding of Pakistan, a country at fifty which is understood by many in the West only in terms of stereotypes - the fanatical, authoritarian and reactionary other which is unfavorably compared to a tolerant, democratic and progressive India. There is a need at the time of Pakistan's golden jubilee for it to be taken seriously in its own right as a country of 130 million people. It is in reality a complex plural society which although greatly shaped by the colonial inheritance and circumstances of its birth is also experiencing rapid change. The author's approach breaks down stereotypes and assists in answering the vexed question of why democracy has succeeded in India, while Pakistan has been subject to long periods of authoritarianism during its five decades of existence.

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