The city in South Asia

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The city in South Asia

James Heitzman

(Asia's transformations / edited by Mark Selden, . Asia's great cities)

Routledge, 2008

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [229]-255

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The macro-region of South Asia - including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - today supports one of the world's greatest concentrations of cities, but as James Heitzman argues in the first comprehensive treatment of urban South Asia, this has been the case for at least 5,000 years. With a strong emphasis on the production of space and periodic excursions into literature, art and architecture, religion and public culture, this interdisciplinary study is a valuable text for students and scholars interested in comparative history, urban studies, and the social sciences.

Table of Contents

1. The Ancient Heritage 2. The Sacred City and the Fort 3. Emporiums, Empire, and the Early Colonial Presence 4. Space, Economy and Public Culture in the Colonial City 5. Language of Space in the Contemporary City

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