Verdi's Aida was first published in 1978. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
S. M. Burke was a professor and consultant in South Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota. He was previously a judge in the Indian Civil Service and Minister, Ambassador, or High Commissioner for Pakistan in eleven different countries. He combined the insight of a man of affairs and the perspective of a scholar. He is also the author of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Historical Analysis (Oxford University Press).