{"product_id":"9781350038639","title":"Postcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePostcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGyan Prakash | Nikhil Menon | Michael Laffan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Asia \/ South \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy exploring themes of fragility, mobility and turmoil, anxieties and agency, and pedagogy, this book shows how colonialism shaped postcolonial projects in South and Southeast Asia including India, Pakistan, Burma, and Indonesia. Its chapters unearth the contingency and contention that accompanied the establishment of nation-states and their claim to be decolonized heirs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book places key postcolonial moments - a struggle for citizenship, anxious constitution making, mass education and land reform - against the aftermath of the Second World War and within a global framework, relating them to the global transformation in political geography from empire to nation. The chapters analyse how futures and ideals envisioned by anticolonial activists were made reality, whilst others were discarded. Drawing on the expertise of eminent contributors, \u003ci\u003eThe Postcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the most ground-breaking research on the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGyan Prakash \u003c\/b\u003eis Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBonded Histories: Genealogies of Labor Servitude in Colonial India\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eAnother Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eMumbai Fables\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Laffan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Princeton University, USA. He the author of\u003ci\u003e Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below the Winds\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eThe Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), and the editor of \u003ci\u003eBelonging Across the Bay of Bengal: Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikhil Menon \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 February 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350038639\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332520378508,"sku":"9781350038639","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5c392f6f-3030-434f-aea9-b8804114ac51.jpg?v=1783603780","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350038639","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}