Pakistan : a very short introduction / Pippa Virdee.
Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)ISBN: 9780191881961; 0191881961Uniform titles: Very short introductions. Subject(s): Pakistan -- History | Pakistan -- Foreign relations | Pakistan -- Histoire | Pakistan -- Relations extérieures | PakistanGenre/Form: History. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleLOC classification: DS382Online resources: Oxford University Press Notre Dame Online Access Summary: Pippa Virdee considers the history of Pakistan, created as a new nation state in 1947, placing it in the context of the region's four-thousand-year-old pre-colonial heritage. She discusses Pakistan's religion and society, the state and the military, popular culture, language and literature, as well as its relationship with the rest of the world.Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Book-Circulating | Fischer Hall Library Main shelves | DS379. V57 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Donated by Prof Fernandez-Armesto, Spring 2023 | B014791 |
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pippa Virdee considers the history of Pakistan, created as a new nation state in 1947, placing it in the context of the region's four-thousand-year-old pre-colonial heritage. She discusses Pakistan's religion and society, the state and the military, popular culture, language and literature, as well as its relationship with the rest of the world.
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