Table of Contents

Pakistan: Land, Society and Economy * Colonial Rule, Authoritarianism and Regional History in North-West India * The Pakistan Movement: Its Dynamics and Legacies * Picking Up the Pieces: Pakistan 1947-9 * The Destruction of Democracy in Pakistan * Solon Amongst the Subalterns * Things Fall Apart A* People's Power: Hopes and Impediments * Islam Changes Everything? * Democracy Restored? Pakistan Politics 1988-93 * Democracy in Crisis: Pakistan Politics 1993-2008 * Conclusion * Appendices * Abbreviations * Select Bibliography * Glossary * Index

About the Author

Ian Talbot is Professor of History at Southampton University, one of Europe's leading historians of South Asia, and the author of many books on the sub-continent.

Reviews

'A first rate history of Pakistan...each new telling of the Pakistan story inevitably throws up new insights ... this book is replete with them ... an objective and positive assessment. The most up to date single volume account of Pakistan.' -Friday Times, Lahore'Bound to become a standard reference among the watchers of South Asia.'-Publishers Weekly'Essential reading for scholars and students seeking an informed narrative of Pakistani political history.'-Journal of Asian Studies