Towards Peoples' Histories in Pakistan
Ali, Kamran Asdar / Nair, Janaki / Ali, Asad / Sinha, Mrinalini / Tejani, Shabnum After seventy-five years of independence, the history of Pakistan remains centered on the state, its ideology and the two-nation theory. Towards Peoples' Histories in Pakistan seeks to shift that focus away from histories of an imagined nation, to the history of its peoples. Based on the premise that the historiographical tradition in Pakistan has ignored the existence of people who actually make history, this book brings together historians, ...