The making of an Indian metropolis : colonial governance and public culture in Bombay, 1890-1920 / Prashant Kidambi.

Main entry:

Kidambi, Prashant, 1970- author.

Title & Author:

The making of an Indian metropolis : colonial governance and public culture in Bombay, 1890-1920 / Prashant Kidambi.

Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Description:

xix, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Series:

Historical urban studies

Notes:
Originally published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The rise of Bombay -- 3. 'A disease of locality' : plague and the crisis of 'sanitary order' -- 4. Reordering the city : the Bombay improvement trust -- 5. 'The ultimate masters of the city' : policing public order -- 6. Forging civil society -- 7. 'Social service', civic activism and the urban poor -- 8. Conclusion.

ISBN:

9780754656128 (hardcover)
0754656128 (hardcover)

Subject:

Civil society India Mumbai History 19th century.
Civil society India Mumbai History 20th century.
City planning India Mumbai History 19th century.
City planning India Mumbai History 20th century.
Société civile Inde Mumbai Histoire 19e siècle.
Société civile Inde Mumbai Histoire 20e siècle.
City planning.
Civil society.
Politics and government.
Mumbai (India) Politics and government 19th century.
Mumbai (India) Politics and government 20th century.
Mumbai (India) History.
India Mumbai.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Historical urban studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308284
Call No.: BIB 253709
Status: Available

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