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Bombay : Metaphor for modern India
Patel Sujata
Bombay : Metaphor for modern India - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013 - 297p xiii
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.
9780195640861
1. Urbanization - Mumbai - India2. Social Conditions 3. Economic History
306.095400 / PAT
Bombay : Metaphor for modern India - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013 - 297p xiii
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.
9780195640861
1. Urbanization - Mumbai - India2. Social Conditions 3. Economic History
306.095400 / PAT