Cities in South Asia / / edited by Crispin Bates and Minoru Mio.

Globalisation has long historical roots in South Asia, but economic liberalisation has led to uniquely rapid urban growth in South Asia during the past decade. This book brings together a multidisciplinary collection of chapters on contemporary and historical themes explaining this recent explosive...

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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, N.Y. : : Routledge,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
Physical Description:1 online resource (365 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Ideologies of city making : the formation of the Indian city
  • pt. 2. Politics of town planning : colonial and postcolonial
  • pt. 3. The city as an areana for struggles among multiple identities
  • pt. 4. Lived cities : views of cities from the ground
  • pt. 5. Subaltern practices and discourses in urban situations
  • pt. 6. Consumer culture in contemporary South Asian cities.