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Ahmedabad : shock city of twentieth-century India /
In the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's "shock city." It was the place where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the greatest intensity -- from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the growth of textile, chemical, and pharm...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Counterpoints (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's "shock city." It was the place where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the greatest intensity -- from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the growth of textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, to globalization and the sectarian violence that marked the turn of the new century. Events that happened there resonated throughout the country, for better and for worse. Howard Spodek describes the movements tha |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253000835 0253000831 1283235757 9781283235754 9786613235756 661323575X 0253356032 9780253356031 0253000882 9780253000880 |