Ayres, Alyssa

Speaking like a state - New Dehli Cambridege University Press 2009 - 217p.

Alyssa Ayres' fascinating study examines Pakistan's troubled history by exploring the importance of culture to political legitimacy. Early leaders selected Urdu as the natural symbol of the nation's great cultural past, but due to its limited base great

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Pakistan, Nationalism, Language and culture

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