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Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

bySam Dalrymple

Sam Dalrymple traces five partitions that broke the British Indian Empire into twelve modern states across South and Southeast Asia. He follows political leaders, officials, soldiers, families, and refugees as borders were drawn through interconnected regions, producing mass movement, violence, and new national identities. By placing familiar events alongside lesser-known divisions, the book reveals partition as a repeated imperial strategy rather than a single rupture in 1947. Dalrymple shows how these shattered lands still shape citizenship, conflict, migration, and memory for billions of people across contemporary Asia.

Publisher

William Collins

Publication date

2025-06-19

Format

Hardback

Pages

560

ISBN

9780008466824