Bombay before Mumbai : essays in honour of Jim Masselos / Prashant Kidambi, Manjiri Kamat, and Rachel Dwyer.
2020
DS486.B7
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Title
Bombay before Mumbai : essays in honour of Jim Masselos / Prashant Kidambi, Manjiri Kamat, and Rachel Dwyer.
ISBN
9780190099572 (electronic book)
Published
London : Hurst & Company, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Call Number
DS486.B7
Dewey Decimal Classification
954.792
Summary
'City of Gold', 'Urbs Prima in Indis', 'Maximum City': no Indian metropolis has captivated the public imagination quite like Mumbai. The past decade has seen an explosion of historical writing on the city that was once Bombay. This text, featuring new essays by its finest historians, presents a rich sample of Bombay's palimpsestic pasts. It considers the making of urban communities and spaces, the workings of power and the nationalist makeover of the colonial city.
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'City of Gold', 'Urbs Prima in Indis', 'Maximum City': no Indian metropolis has captivated the public imagination quite like Mumbai. The past decade has seen an explosion of historical writing on the city that was once Bombay. This text, featuring new essays by its finest historians, presents a rich sample of Bombay's palimpsestic pasts. It considers the making of urban communities and spaces, the workings of power and the nationalist makeover of the colonial city.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Audience
Specialized.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 22, 2020).
Added Author
Masselos, Jim, honouree.
Kidambi, Prashant, 1970- editor.
Kamat, Manjiri, editor.
Dwyer, Rachel, editor.
Kidambi, Prashant, 1970- editor.
Kamat, Manjiri, editor.
Dwyer, Rachel, editor.
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190061708
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