Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir - Couverture rigide

Puri, Luv

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0231703066 ISBN 13 : 9780231703062

Editeur : Columbia Univ Pr, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Puri Luv

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Kashmir issue has been a subject of international attention ever since the subcontinent was partitioned in1947. The clash between India and Pakistan over the coveted territory led to the emergence of Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered areas. While the social and political conditions in the former have been widely discussed, even among Kashmir experts there is little knowledge of Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir (PAJK), particularly its political, cultural and social aspects. Luv Puri analyses the crucial pre-Independence social and political processes which resulted in polarization within the state and the violence that wracked the region during Partition. He tracks the effect of those events on Pakistan's Punjab province and the ensuing impact on Pakistan's position on the Jammu & Kashmir issue. The relationship between Pakistan and PAJK is an important aspect of Puri's research. He traces the history of migration from Mirpur to Britain and the Mirpuri diaspora's significant support to the early phase of militancy that arose in Jammu & Kashmir in 1989. This insurgency, which had its base in PAJK, promised independence from both India and Pakistan. The book also discusses the many transformations in the pro-independence struggle from its inception to the present day. Across the LoC: Inside Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir is a new and original contribution to the body of literature on the region and the role PAJK has played in the larger Jammu & Kashmir tangle.

Revue de presse

'... nuanced [and] evocative ... [Puri's] work, based, on rare opportunities (for an Indian national) to travel in the region, traverses its historical experience. [He] patiently takes us through the region s colonial experience; the ugly communal fissures which exploded during partition; the complex politics which have seen new castes and social forces compete for influence there. ... Put simply, Puri teaches us that in Jammu and Kashmir, we confront not one unfolding historical crisis but several each of which needs careful and patient political engagement.' ----Praveen Swami, The Book Review

'Across the Line of Control is an in-depth attempt to go beyond the official narrative and comprehend the complex social, economic and political realities of the region.' ----Dawn

'Much research and writing on the Pakistan-administered section of Jammu and Kashmir is either hortatory or polemical. Luv Puri's book, Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir is a welcome departure from such accounts. It is carefully researched, cogently argued and historically sound. Journalists, policy analysts and scholars interested in the contemporary politics of this ill-understood region will find this work to be a most useful primer of the subject.' ----Sumit Ganguly, Ranbindranath Tagore Professor of Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia Univ Pr
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231703066
• ISBN 13: 9780231703062
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible