"Geopolitics of South Asia : from early empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh" (Record no. 68955)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780754613510
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Classification number 320.120954 CHA
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Personal name "Chapman, Graham P."
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Title "Geopolitics of South Asia : from early empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh"
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Sydney
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Ashgate
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2000
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 338p.
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Summary, etc. This volume explores one of the world's greatest cultural heartlands - the Indian sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land and how they still impact upon it; how the culture of early setters evolved to form Hinduism; how its wealth and power attracted the attention of Islamic invaders who founded the Sultanate of Delhi and then the great Mogul Empire; and how they were later usurped by the British Raj. The story continues with the trauma of Partition and Independence in 1947, as India's unique form of Islam shook free from Nehru's secular India with the founding of Pakistan. At different points in the story, discussions are woven in on subjects such as caste or the management of water resources. Much of the book is written in terms of the three major forces of integration.These are "identitive" forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; "utilitarian" forces - bonds of common material interests; and "coercion" - the institutional use or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor Chapman shows how the organization of territory - as states and empires, as monarchic realms and as representative democracies - has been central to the region's historic, cultural, linguistic and economic development. In doing so, he contends that the lynchpin of this region's story is a geopolitical one.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Geopolitics-Asia
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