TY - BOOK AU - Sayeed,Khalid B. AU - Cunningham,George TI - Pakistan- the Formative Phase 1857--1948 SN - 9780195771145 U1 - 954.91 PY - 1968/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Arts & Humanities, History , Regional & National History , Asian History , Pakistan History N1 - Not just a historical narrative, The Formative Phase evaluates the strength and weakness of the Muslim separatist movement that eventually culminated in the creation of Pakistan. In addition to the basic theme of the Muslim nationalist movement, Khalid Sayeed has also focused on the working and development of the British vice-regal system, and argues that the vice-regal system that Pakistan inherited from the British sustained Pakistan through the on-going political and cultural tensions that it has faced ever since its establishment ; Including with reference ER -