Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-305) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- 1 Community, nation and the British Raj 9 -- 2 Indian ideas and new senses of community 32 -- 3 Spreading the word: communicating new senses of identity 60 -- 4 Anjumans, associations and sabhas: the institutionalisation of -- new senses of community 86 -- 5 The politicisation of community identities 111 -- 6 Nationalism, communal and ethnic identities and the partition -- of India 134 -- 7 Nation building in India: ideas and institutions 162 -- 8 Nation building in Pakistan: ideas and institutions 196 -- 9 Globalisation and the nation state in the subcontinent 223 -- 10 Ethno-nationalism, insurgency and secessionism in India and -- Pakistan 252 -- Conclusion 283.