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From Hindi to Urdu: From Hindi to Urdu: A Social and Political History - From Hindi to Urdu
Tariq Rahman
This is the first social and political history of Urdu. It analyses the historiography of the language-narratives about its names, linguistic ancestry, place of birth-to the politics of identity construction among the Hindus and Muslims of India during the last two centuries. More importantly, and for the first time, it provides a historical account of the use of Urdu in social domains such as employment, education, printing and publishing, radio, films andtelevision etc.
350 pages, black & white tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 6, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199063130 |
| Publishers | OUP Pakistan |
| Pages | 350 |
| Dimensions | 146 × 225 × 30 mm · 688 g |
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