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Shadows At Noon
The South Asian Twentieth Century
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR HISTORY
'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
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With clarity and wit, Joya Chatterji offers a sweeping, personal history of the Indian subcontinent, praised for its readability and engaging narrative. The book is noted for its originality and genre-defying approach, effectively combining scholarly analysis with vivid storytelling. Critics highlight its refreshing departure from standard historical narratives and its focus on commonalities between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
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ISBN: 9781847925497
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 July 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 54.0mm
Width: 164.0mm
Height: 243.0mm
Weight: 1050g
Pages: 864
About the Author
Joya Chatterji is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Emeritus Professor of South Asian History at the University of Cambridge and sometime Reader in International History at the London School of Economics. From 2010 to 2021, she was first Editor then Editor-in-Chief of Modern Asian Studies, a leading scholarly journal in the field. Between 2014 and her retirement in 2019, she was Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies at Cambridge. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2018.
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