Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1791

by Ainslie Thomas Embree, Mark C. Carnes, Ainslie T. Embree

Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim state--Pakistan--be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393937283
• ISBN13: 9780393937282
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.8"