The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs Available to Purchase

This book exemplifies a practice I have noticed before, perpetrated even by the most reputable publishers: publishing well before the end of the year but dated for the following year, no doubt to make them seem more up-to-date. The book itself unambiguously states “First published 2016” and this date also appears on the publisher's website, but the purchasing options on the same page give publication dates in August 2015. This affects at least one of the matters discussed.

Despite its title it is in fact more of a textbook than a reference work, though with some reference characteristics in the...