Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Chronicles of a Global City turns Bengaluru inside out to examine its "world-city" transformation that stimulated rapid urbanization and unbounded growth. Grounded in long-term ethnographic research and activist experiences, this volume illuminates the multifaceted entanglements of finance capital, real estate markets, livelihood struggles, and fraying ecologies in urban and peri-urban Bengaluru"-- Provided by publisher.