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Hull, Matthew S. 1968-

Government of paper : the materiality of bureaucracy in urban Pakistan / Matthew S. Hull. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. - xiv, 301 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The master plan and other documents -- Parchis, petitions and offices: approaches to the bureaucracy -- Files and the political economy of paper -- The expropriation of land and the misappropriation of lists -- Maps, mosques, and maslaks: ecumenical planning and sectarian conflict.

ISBN: 9780520272149 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520272156 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011042373

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016035089 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Government paperwork--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Bureaucracy--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Capitals (Cities)--Planning.--Pakistan
City planning--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Public records--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Municipal government--Records and correspondence.--Pakistan

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Islāmābād (Pakistan)--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: JS7093.A6 / R425 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 352.3870 / HUL