ISBN:
978-0-19-806252-3
,
0-19-806252-4
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 486 S.
,
Ill.
Series Statement:
Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology
Series Statement:
Oxford India Paperbacks
Keywords:
Indien Stadt
;
Soziologie
;
Gemeindesoziologie
;
Urbanisation
;
Stadtforschung, ethnologische
;
Ungleichheit
;
Ethnizität
;
Politik
;
Regierung
;
Lebensstil
;
Freizeit
;
Stadtplanung
;
Elendsviertel
;
Gesundheit
;
Industrialisierung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Description / Table of Contents:
I. THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN PROCESS 391. The Colonial Bungalow-compoundComplex in India:A Study in the Cultural Use of Space Anthony D. King 432. Urbanization in India:Patterns and Emerging Policy Issues Rakesh Mohan 593. Dualistic Labour System?A Critique of the 'Informal Sector'Concept Jan Breman 814. Reforms, Restructuring andthe Third World City Atiya Habeeb Kidwai 1035. Time for Work and Labour Jim Masselos 125II. THE INDIAN METROPOLIS 1416. Structured Inequalities in aNorth Indian City Adrian Peace 1457. Capital, the State, and PerTrading in Calcutta Nandini Dasgupta 1618. The Working Poor and the LabourAristocracy in a South In&an City:A Descriptive and AnalvoailAccount John Harriss 1799. Dilapidation and Slum Fcrmation Ratna Naidu 20510. Town Planning, Public Heilthand Delhi's Urban PoorA Historical View Ritu Priya 223III. URBAN SPACE, THE STATE, POLITICS,AND COLLECTIVE ACTION 24711. Bombay and Mumbai:Identities, Politics, and Pceulism Sujata Patel 24912. Economy and Civic Authortyin Surat Ghanshyam Shah 27413. Urban Conquest of Outer DelhiBeneficiaries, Intermediariesand Victims:The Case of the MehrauliCountryside *Anita Soni 29414. City Conflicts and CommunalPolitics: Ahmedabad 1985-86 Sujata Patel 31815. Role of the State in City Growth:The Case of Hyderabad Ciry Kushal Deb 340IV. URBAN CULTURE 35316. Nineteenth Century Calcuua:Folk Culture Sumanto Banerjee 35717. Dining Out in Bombay/Mumbai:An Exploration of an Indian City'sPublic Culture Frank F Conlon 39018. Consuming Utopia:Film Watching in Tamil Nadu Sara Dickey 41419. The Figure of the Bombay Tapori:Language, Gesture and theCinematic City Ranjani Mazumdar 44020. 'You Can be Lonely in a Crowd':The Production of Safety inMumbai Shilpa Phadke 465
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