Making of an Indian Metropolis

Making of an Indian Metropolis

Colonial Governance and Public Culture in Bombay, 1890-1920

Kidambi, Prashant

Taylor & Francis Ltd

08/2007

290

Dura

Inglês

9780754656128

15 a 20 dias

453

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Contents: Introduction; The rise of Bombay; 'A disease of locality': plague and the crisis of 'sanitary order'; Reordering the city: the Bombay improvement trust; 'The ultimate masters of the city': policing public order; Forging civil society; 'Social service', civic activism and the urban poor; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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urban;poor;prarthana;samaj;bombay;gazette;municipal;commissioner;corporation;presidency;Young Men;Prarthana Samaj;Bombay Improvement Trust;Badruddin Tyabji;Civil Society;Colonial Administration;Din Bandhu;Colonial Bombay;Urban Poor;Indian Plague Commission;Bombay Presidency Association;Nineteenth Century Bombay;Bombay Municipal Corporation;Social Service League;Municipal Commissioner;Modern Indian City;Cow Protection Society;Doctor Street;Improvement Trust;Depressed Classes;Unintended City;Single Room Tenements;Plague Policies;Behramji Malabari;Slum Improvement