Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION; PART 1 VIOLENCE; 2. THE PARTITION OF INDIA AND RETRIBUTIVE GENOCIDE IN THE PUNJAB 1946-47: MEANS, METHODS AND PURPOSES; PAUL R. BRASS; 3. THE PATTERNS OF PARTITION VIOLENCE IN WEST PUNJAB: A STUDY OF POLICE RECORDS; ILYAS CHATTHA; 4. THE AUGUST 1947 VIOLENCE IN SHEIKHUPURA CITY; IAN TALBOT; 5. SIKHS AND PARTITION VIOLENCE: A RE-EVALUATION; GURHARPAL SINGH; PART 2 POLITICS; 6. WAVELL AND THE 'HIGH POLITICS' OF HIS REPLACEMENT AS VICEROY IN MARCH 1947; VICTORIA SCHOFIELD; 7. THE PRE-HISTORY OF A VICEROYALTY? LORD MOUNTBATTEN AND SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND; IAN TALBOT; 8. THE KASHMIR CONFLICT AND NATIONALISM IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN; STEN WIDMALM; 9. THE LAST GOVERNOR: SIR EVAN JENKINS IN THE PUNJAB 1946-47; NICK LLOYD; PART 3 NEW HISTORY; 10. FINDING A PLACE IN THE PARTITION DISCOURSE: THE CHRISTIANS OF WEST PUNJAB; PAUL GRIFFIN; 11. PARTITION ETHNOGRAPHIES: FOOD AND MEMORIES ACROSS BORDERS; RITU BHAGAT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

About the Author

Ian Talbot is Professor of History at the University of Southampton.