Talbot studies the impact of the 1947 partition of the Punjabi cities of Lahore and Amritsar, providing important comparative insights into the processes of violence, demographic transformation, and physical reconstruction.
Ian Talbot is professor of history at Southampton University and one of Europe's leading historians of South Asia. He is the author of many books on the subcontinent.
Amaaazing! MUST READ for anyone interested in partition history. Also includes brief history of events leading up to partition/violence which accompanied it( focusing on Lahore and Amritsar, of course)