The All-India Muslim League, 1906-1947: A Study of Leadership in the Evolution of a Nation
by Becker, Mary Louise
Published by : Oxford University Press (Karachi) Physical details: xli,295 Pages 14x22 cm | HB ISBN:9780199060146.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 297.092 B388A 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | 43613 |
Include Bibliography, Appendix and Index.
In this book, the author takes Pakistan as a case study in a search for better definitions of nations and nationalism, arguing that it exhibits the three essential ingredients for a successful national movement. These are a distinctive integrated community, a particular set of circumstances, and purposeful leadership. She discusses all three elements within the local context, concentrating particularly on the evolving leadership role of the All-India Muslim League as evidenced in contemporary sources. The achievement of Pakistan was primarily the work of Muslim League leaders, and especially of the Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, but would have been impossible without a prior cohesive community and the stimulus of a neighbouring nationalism.
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