Making the modern slum : the power of capital in colonial Bombay /

Show other versions (1)

"The modern slum, a global phenomenon once considered an unfortunate but natural side effect of economic progress, now exemplifies failed development. How did Bombay (now called Mumbai) become the quintessential example of such failure? By 1880 Bombay was the most dense and second largest town...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chhabria, Sheetal (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Series:Global South Asia.
Subjects:
Slums > India > Mumbai > History.
Urbanization > India > Mumbai > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > India > Mumbai.
Migrant labor > India > Mumbai > History.
Working class > India > Mumbai > History.
Capitalism > India > Mumbai > History.
Urbanisation > Inde > Mumbai > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Inde > Mumbai.
Travailleurs migrants > Inde > Mumbai > Histoire.
Travailleurs > Inde > Mumbai > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Capitalism
Colonization
Economic history
Migrant labor
Slums
Urbanization
Working class
Mumbai (India) > Economic conditions.
Mumbai (India) > Colonization.
India > Mumbai
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Genealogies of the urban modern
  • Calculative rationales
  • Containing agrarian crises
  • Rendering housing technical
  • Conduits of control
  • A self-governing city
  • Conclusion: Afterlives of city-making
  • Epilogue: Movements and countermovements.

Similar Items