Product DescriptionTalbot studies the impact of the 1947 partition of the Punjabi cities of Lahore and Amritsar, providing important comparative insights into the processes of violence, demographic transformation, and physical reconstruction.About the AuthorIan Talbot is Professor of History at the University of Southampton. His recent publications include The Deadly Embrace: Religion, Politics and Violence in India and Pakistan 1947 2002 (ed., 2007) and Divided Cities: Partition and its Aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar 1947 1957 (2006).