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The history of Pakistan / Iftikhar H. Malik.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Greenwood histories of the modern nationsPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.Description: xvii, 237 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0313341370 (alk. paper)
  • 9780313341373 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
Timeline of historical events -- Indus heartland and Karakoram country -- Indus Valley civilization: Dravidians to Aryans -- Islam in South Asia: Indus and Delhi Sultanates -- Great Mughals and the Golden Era in Indo-Islamic civilization, 1526-1707 -- British rule and the independence movements -- Muslims in South Asia and the making of Pakistan -- Pakistan: Establishing the state, 1947-1958 -- Military takeover and the separation of east Pakistan, 1958-1971 -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's People's Party, and the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, 1972-1988 -- Democratic decade, 1988-1999: Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan in the twenty-first century -- Notable people in the history of Pakistan -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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The History of Pakistan explores the rich and intricate past of a highly diverse nation still in the process of determining its own identity. Rooted in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, shaped by the cultures of both the Middle and Far East, and now predominantly devoted to Islam, Pakistan has emerged as a unique Indo-Muslim community, viewed with caution and curiosity by the rest of the world. In this latest volume of Greenwood's History of Modern Nations series, readers discover the foundations of modern Pakistan, from its earliest empires and shared history with India to the coming of Islam and its successful fight for independence in 1947. This highly informative guide also examines the key issues and attitudes guiding Pakistan today: their volatile feud with India over the region of Kashmir and the right to nuclear development, internal debates over the role of Islam in Pakistani society, and the unbreakable dominance of the military in political affairs. Poised between a radically changing India and the politically unstable Middle East, Pakistan is an important nation to understand as it determines its course in rapidly a changing world.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.

Timeline of historical events -- Indus heartland and Karakoram country -- Indus Valley civilization: Dravidians to Aryans -- Islam in South Asia: Indus and Delhi Sultanates -- Great Mughals and the Golden Era in Indo-Islamic civilization, 1526-1707 -- British rule and the independence movements -- Muslims in South Asia and the making of Pakistan -- Pakistan: Establishing the state, 1947-1958 -- Military takeover and the separation of east Pakistan, 1958-1971 -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's People's Party, and the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, 1972-1988 -- Democratic decade, 1988-1999: Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan in the twenty-first century -- Notable people in the history of Pakistan -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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