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Outcaste Bombay : city making and the politics of the poor /

"Over the course of the twentieth century, Bombay's population grew twenty-fold as the city became increasingly industrialized and cosmopolitan. Yet beneath a veneer of modernity, old prejudices endured, including the treatment of the Dalits. Even as Indians engaged with various aspects of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shaikh, Juned (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Series:Global South Asia.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Housing Question and Caste, 1896-1950
  • Marxism, Language, and Social Hierarchy, 1920-1950
  • Urban Planning and Cultural Politics, 1945-1971
  • Revolutionary Lineages of Dalit Literature, 1950-19720
  • Slums, Sex, and the Field of Power, 1960-1980.