Joya Chatterji is Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition (1994).

'Joya Chatterji's eminently readable and superbly researched book on the partition of Bengal and its aftermath addresses a lacuna in studies of Indian independence, both in terms of the region and context, and in the freshness of its approach. … Building on the author's ground-breaking first book, Bengal Divided (Cambridge University Press, 2002), the narrative of the Hindu bhadralok's [elitist social class] drive for partition is taken further to examine the political choices surrounding the creation of West Bengal. … Each part of the book is beautifully narrated and rigorously researched …' Asian Affairs

• Introduction; Part I. Hopes and Fears: 1. The devil in the detail: new borders for a new state; 2. Swings and roundabouts: West Bengal and the new India; Part II. The Bengal Diaspora: 3. Partition and migration: refugees in West Bengal, 1947–67; 4. Staying on: West Bengal's Muslim minorities; Part III. The Politics of a Partitioned State: 5. Political reconstruction and change: congress government and politics, 1947–67; 6. The revenge of the periphery: the rise of the opposition in West Bengal; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.

Joya Chatterji is Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition (1994).

'Joya Chatterji's eminently readable and superbly researched book on the partition of Bengal and its aftermath addresses a lacuna in studies of Indian independence, both in terms of the region and context, and in the freshness of its approach. … Building on the author's ground-breaking first book, Bengal Divided (Cambridge University Press, 2002), the narrative of the Hindu bhadralok's [elitist social class] drive for partition is taken further to examine the political choices surrounding the creation of West Bengal. … Each part of the book is beautifully narrated and rigorously researched …' Asian Affairs

• Introduction; Part I. Hopes and Fears: 1. The devil in the detail: new borders for a new state; 2. Swings and roundabouts: West Bengal and the new India; Part II. The Bengal Diaspora: 3. Partition and migration: refugees in West Bengal, 1947–67; 4. Staying on: West Bengal's Muslim minorities; Part III. The Politics of a Partitioned State: 5. Political reconstruction and change: congress government and politics, 1947–67; 6. The revenge of the periphery: the rise of the opposition in West Bengal; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.

Joya Chatterji is Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition (1994).

'Joya Chatterji's eminently readable and superbly researched book on the partition of Bengal and its aftermath addresses a lacuna in studies of Indian independence, both in terms of the region and context, and in the freshness of its approach. … Building on the author's ground-breaking first book, Bengal Divided (Cambridge University Press, 2002), the narrative of the Hindu bhadralok's [elitist social class] drive for partition is taken further to examine the political choices surrounding the creation of West Bengal. … Each part of the book is beautifully narrated and rigorously researched …' Asian Affairs

• Introduction; Part I. Hopes and Fears: 1. The devil in the detail: new borders for a new state; 2. Swings and roundabouts: West Bengal and the new India; Part II. The Bengal Diaspora: 3. Partition and migration: refugees in West Bengal, 1947–67; 4. Staying on: West Bengal's Muslim minorities; Part III. The Politics of a Partitioned State: 5. Political reconstruction and change: congress government and politics, 1947–67; 6. The revenge of the periphery: the rise of the opposition in West Bengal; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.