Pakistan History
Bibliography

Welcome to the Pakistan History Bibliography-a curated collection of scholarly resources designed to support researchers, students, and history enthusiasts. This bibliography brings together books, articles, and digital curations on the histories of territories, cultures, societies, ideas, environment, and more relevant to the study of Pakistan.

Compiled by Dr. Sana Haroon (Professor of History and Asian Studies at UMass Boston) and Hosted by Habib University Library and Information Commons.

Bose, Sugata, and Ayesha Jalal. β€œThe Indian Emergency in Historical Perspective.” In When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day, edited by Archon Fung et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.

Author: Jalal, Ayesha

Jalal, Ayesha. “Muslim Universalist Aspirations: Intimacies between the Indus-Gangetic Plain and the Indian.” In Oceanic Islam: Muslim Universalism and European Colonialism. Edited by Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal. London: Bloomsbury 2020.

Author: Jalal, Ayesha

Jalal, Ayesha. β€œExploding Communalism: The Politics of Muslim Identity in South Asia.” In Nationalism, Democracy and Development: State and Politics in India, edited by Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, 76–103. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Author: Jalal, Ayesha

Jalal, Ayesha. Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: a Comparative and Historical Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995; Indian edition by Foundation Books, 1995; Pakistani edition by Sang-e-Meel, 1995.

Author: Jalal, Ayesha

Jalal, Ayesha. The State of Martial Rule: the Origins of Pakistan’s Political Economy of Defence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990; Lahore: Vanguard Press, 1991; New Delhi: Foundation Books, 1992.

Author: Jalal, Ayesha