Karachi : ordered disorder and the struggle for the city / Laurent Gayer.
By: Gayer, Laurent [author.].
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TextPublisher: New Delhi : Harper Collins, c2014Description: xxv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780199354443 (alkaline paper); 9789351160854.Subject(s): Muttahida Quami Movement | Ethnic conflict -- Pakistan -- Karachi | Political violence -- Pakistan -- Karachi | Ethnicity -- Pakistan | Muhajir (Pakistani people) -- Politics and government | Karachi (Pakistan) -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 954.9183053
Contents:
Introduction -- A contested city -- From student brawls to campus wars -- 'The Mohajirs have arrived!' -- The bandits who would be kings -- Jihad comes to town -- A city on the edge -- Geographies of fear.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index.
Introduction -- A contested city -- From student brawls to campus wars -- 'The Mohajirs have arrived!' -- The bandits who would be kings -- Jihad comes to town -- A city on the edge -- Geographies of fear.
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