Bombay : metaphor for modern India

Author(s)

• Patel, Sujata
• Thorner, Alice

Bibliographic Information

Bombay : metaphor for modern India

edited by Sujata Patel and Alice Thorner

Oxford University Press, 1995

Note

Summary: Chiefly on the economic and social changes in Bombay and its influence on the political character of the city, includes the present and colonial past; papers presented at a workshop held in Bombay, 16-19 Dec. 1992 under the auspices of the SNDT Women's University and Maison des Sciences de'Homme, Paris

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A broad inter-disciplinary approach to present day conditions in Bombay. Chapters on the local economy and Bombay as part of the new global economy, on labour, land-use, housing, slums, health, municipal politics, the Shiv Sena, and the riots of December 1992 and January 1993 are included in this volume.

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Details

• NCID: BA30902892
• ISBN:
  • 0195636880
• LCCN: 95910544
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bombay ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxiii, 298 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN690.B6
  • DC20 : 306/.0954/7923
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Urbanization -- India -- Bombay
  • LCSH : Bombay (India) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Bombay (India) -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Bombay (India) -- History