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Joya Chatterji

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

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Shadows at Noon is a 2021 book by Chatterji that covers the history of South Asia in the 20th century, focusing on food, leisure, and the household as well as nationhood, migration, and the state. It challenges narratives of inherent differences between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and reveals the many things they have in common.

Format: Hardback
Length: 864 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing



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A classic... wonderfully enjoyable


WILLIAM DALRYMPLE


This is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century.




Shadows at Noon tells the subcontinent's story from the British Raj through independence and partition to the forging of the modern nations of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Unlike other histories of the region, which concentrate exclusively on politics, here food, leisure, and the household are given as much importance as nationhood, migration, and the state.


Chatterji makes contemporary South Asia - its cultural vibrancy, diversity, social structures, and political make-up - accessible to everyone. In so doing, this bold, innovative, and personal work rallies against narratives of inherent differences between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and reveals the many things its people have in common.


The story of South Asia told with verve, wit, and brilliance


ANURADHA ROY


Chatterji writes with infectious relish


DOMINIC SANDBROOK


Truly magnificent


MIHIR BOSE


Wonderful


SIR MARK TULLY

Weight: 1050g
Dimension: 165 x 243 x 56 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781847925497

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