Bombay before Mumbai : essays in honour of Jim Masselos /

'City of Gold', 'Urbs Prima in Indis', 'Maximum City': no Indian metropolis has captivated the public imagination quite like Mumbai. The past decade has seen an explosion of historical writing on the city that was once Bombay. This text, featuring new essays by its fine...

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List of Illustrations
Note on Contributors
1. Introduction
Part I: Community
Part II: Spatial Templates
Part III: Power
Part IV: Nationalism
Part V: Afterword
Hauptverfasser:
Masselos, Jim, Kidambi, Prashant, Kamat, Manjiri, Dwyer, Rachel
Weitere Verfasser:
Kidambi, Prashant (HerausgeberIn), Masselos, Jim (honouree.), Kamat, Manjiri (HerausgeberIn), Dwyer, Rachel (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2019
Zusammenfassung:
'City of Gold', 'Urbs Prima in Indis', 'Maximum City': no Indian metropolis has captivated the public imagination quite like Mumbai. The past decade has seen an explosion of historical writing on the city that was once Bombay. This text, featuring new essays by its finest historians, presents a rich sample of Bombay's palimpsestic pasts. It considers the making of urban communities and spaces, the workings of power and the nationalist makeover of the colonial city.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-009957-7
0-19-750716-6
Schlagworte:
Mumbai (India) > History.
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