The Bengal Borderland
Author: Willem van Schendel
ISBN: 9781843311447
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year first published: 01 Apr 2004
Pages: 440
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781843311447
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year first published: 01 Apr 2004
Pages: 440
Format: Hardback
'The Bengal Borderland' constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') has been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably, been largely ignored by historians.
