Walls within Walls: Life Histories of Working Women in the Old City of Lahore This is a rich description of socio-cultural issues affecting the lives of working women residents of Lahore’s Walled City. Weiss reveals the interplay between Islamic religious ideals and traditionally embedded orientations, and how women respond to practical economic needs. List Price: $ 18.95 Price:…. Read more

Husband Of A Fanatic: A Personal Journey Through India, Pakistan, Love, And Hate A lyrical journey into the heart of hatred. “I went to my high school in Patna, India, and asked kids to write letters to children their own age across the border. Then, I visited my wife’s high school in Karachi, Pakistan, and asked the kids to write letters in response. One student began with charming candor: “Dear Indians, First of all hello!! I am a Pakistani Muslim and I want to inform you that you are liars.” —from Husband of a Fanatic In the summer of 1999, while India and Pakistan were engaged in a war, Amitava Kumar —a Hindu Indian writer living and teaching in the United States —married a Pakistani Muslim woman. That event led to a…. Read more

Politics of Islamization in Pakistan 208 pages. List Price: $ 17.00 Price:…. Read more

Edge of Empire Britain’s often rather ad hoc approach to colonial expansion in the nineteenth century resulted in a variety of imaginative solutions designed to maintain control of an increasingly diverse number of territories. One such instrument of government was the political officer. Created initially by the East India Company to manage relations with the princely rulers of the Indian States, political offers developed into a mechanism by which the government could manage its remoter territories through relations with local power brokers; the policy of ‘indirect rule’. By the beginning of the twentieth century, political officers were providing a low-key, affordable method of exercising British control over ‘native’ populations…. Read more

Edge of Empire Britain’s often rather ad hoc approach to colonial expansion in the nineteenth century resulted in a variety of imaginative solutions designed to maintain control of an increasingly diverse number of territories. One such instrument of government was the political officer. Created initially by the East India Company to manage relations with the princely rulers of the Indian States, political offers developed into a mechanism by which the government could manage its remoter territories through relations with local power brokers; the policy of ‘indirect rule’. By the beginning of the twentieth century, political officers were providing a low-key, affordable method of exercising British control over ‘native’ populations…. Read more