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The History of Pakistan
Iftikhar H. Malik
ISBN: 0-313-34137-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34137-3
260 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/2008
List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Joining others in the Greenwood Histories of Modern Nations is a fine survey of Pakistan's evolution and development, from its early influence in Indo-Islamic culture to its establishment as a separate state. Included in the history are notes on political interactions within the region, influential individuals, and military confrontations. It's a fine historical introduction for high school or college-level holdings strong in regional country histories.
    —Midwest Book Review/California Bookwatch     November 2008
  • In this title readers discover the foundations of modern Pakistan, from its earliest empires and shared history with India to the coming of Islam and its successful fight for independence in 1947....The book concludes with a biography section of notable people in Pakistan's history, a glossary of terms and abbreviations, a bibliographic essay, and an index. The book is well written and is appropriate for high school and undergraduate students.
    —ARBA Online     August 2008
  • "This history is easy to read and covers the highlights of a long history. . . This book can be used as an introduction to the history of Pakistan."
    —Catholic Library World     June 2009
Description: The History of Pakistan explores the rich and intricate past of a highly diverse nation still in the process of determining its own identity. Rooted in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, shaped by the cultures of both the Middle and Far East, and now predominantly devoted to Islam, Pakistan has emerged as a unique Indo-Muslim community, viewed with caution and curiosity by the rest of the world. In this latest volume of Greenwood's History of Modern Nations series, readers discover the foundations of modern Pakistan, from its earliest empires and shared history with India to the coming of Islam and its successful fight for independence in 1947. This highly informative guide also examines the key issues and attitudes guiding Pakistan today: their volatile feud with India over the region of Kashmir and the right to nuclear development, internal debates over the role of Islam in Pakistani society, and the unbreakable dominance of the military in political affairs. Poised between a radically changing India and the politically unstable Middle East, Pakistan is an important nation to understand as it determines its course in rapidly a changing world.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Preface
    Acronyms
    Chronology
    Chapter One The Indus Heartland and Karakoram Country
    Chapter Two The Indus Valley Civilisation: Dravidians to Aryans
    Chapter Three Islam in South Asia: The Indus and Delhi Sultanates
    Chapter Four The Great Mughals and the Golden Era in the Indo-
    Islamic Civilisation, 1526-1707
    Chapter Five The British Rule and the Independence Movements
    Chapter Six Muslims in South Asia and the Making of Pakistan
    Chapter Seven Pakistan: Establishing the State, 1947-58
    Chapter Eight Military Take-over and the Separation of East Pakistan, 1958-1971
    Chapter Nine Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, PPP and the Military Regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, 1972-88
    Chapter Ten Democratic Decade: 1988-1999. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif
    Chapter Eleven General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan in the Twenty-first Century
    Biographical Notes
    Glossary
    Bibliography
About the Author: Iftikhar H. Malik, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, is Professor of History at Bath Spa University, England, and is author of Culture and Customs of Pakistan (Greenwood, 2005). Professor Malik lives in Oxford, where he is associated with Wolfson College.
LCC Class: DS384
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
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