'… an excellent resource … indispensable to researchers, scholars and lay readers seeking to gain a deeper understanding of Sikh nationalism, from its inception to the second decade of the twenty-first century.' Kamalpreet Singh Gill, International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Introduction; 1. Understanding Sikh nationalism; 2. Sikhism and the Sikhs up to the 1890s; 3. The emergence of modern Sikh nationalism, 1880s to 1930s; 4. The Partition of India and the Sikhs; 5. An uneasy accommodation: the Indian union and the Sikhs, 1947-84; 6. After operation blue star: militancy, anti-terrorism, and the khalistan movement, 1984-97; 7. Sikh nationalism in the age of globalisation and hindutva, 1997 to the present; 8. The diaspora; Conclusion.