Bombay : Metaphor for modern India

By:

Patel Sujata

Contributor(s):

Thorner Alice

Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013Description: 297p xiiiISBN:

9780195640861

Subject(s):

1. Urbanization - Mumbai - India2. Social Conditions 3. Economic History

DDC classification:

306.095400 PAT

Contents:

The unprecedented bouts of violence which ravaged Bombay in December 1992 and January 1993 raised agonizing questions as to how such a disaster could have occurred in India's modern metropolis. This book identifies the key characterisitcs of the city and explores the processes which have led to its conspicuous successes and hidden conflicts. The three main themes treated are labour and enterprise; claims on land, housing and health; politics and populism - the contributors dealing with the present as well as with its roots in the recent and colonial past.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	MPP Section	306.0954 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34157

The unprecedented bouts of violence which ravaged Bombay in December 1992 and January 1993 raised agonizing questions as to how such a disaster could have occurred in India's modern metropolis. This book identifies the key characterisitcs of the city and explores the processes which have led to its conspicuous successes and hidden conflicts. The three main themes treated are labour and enterprise; claims on land, housing and health; politics and populism - the
contributors dealing with the present as well as with its roots in the recent and colonial past.

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