Pakistan : a very short introduction / Pippa Virdee.
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...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Very short introductions.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191881961 0198847076 9780191881961 9780198847076 |