Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity. This book traces the various ways through which majoritarianism and neoliberal capitalist accumulation has reorganised Bombay or Mumbai in India. The book …
Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity. This book traces the various ways through which majoritarianism and neoliberal capitalist accumulation has reorganised Bombay or Mumbai in India. The book …
"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 seco…
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. "The modern…
"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 seco…
"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 seco…
Chiefly on the economic and social changes in Bombay and its influence on the political character of the city, includes the present and colonial past; papers presented at a workshop held in Bombay, 16-19 Dec. 1992 under the auspices of the SNDT Women's University and Maison des …
