Urban Sociology,9780195678390

Urban Sociology

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ISBN13: 9780195678390
ISBN10: 0195678397
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-12-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is a sociological study of the Indian city and urbanism. It draws from some of the most influential studies conducted on Indian cities and includes conceptual pieces on the making of the urban in India and a thematic treatment of city life.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: Urban Studies: An Exploration in Theories and Practices 1(38)
I. THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN PROCESS
39(102)
The Colonial Bungalow-compound Complex in India: A Study in the Cultural Use of Space
43(16)
Anthony D. King
Urbanization in India: Patterns and Emerging Policy Issues
59(22)
Rakesh Mohan
Dualistic Labour System? A Critique of the `Informal Sector' Concept
81(22)
Jan Breman
Reforms, Restructuring and the Third World City
103(22)
Atiya Habeeb Kidwai
Time for Work and Labour
125(16)
Jim Masselos
II. THE INDIAN METROPOLIS
141(106)
Structured Inequalities in a North Indian City
145(16)
Adrian Peace
Capital, the State, and Petty Trading in Calcutta
161(18)
Nandini Dasgupta
The Working Poor and the Labour Aristocracy in a South Indian City: A Descriptive and Analytical Account
179(26)
John Harriss
Dilapidation and Slum Formation
205(18)
Ratna Naidu
Town Planning, Public Health and Delhi's Urban Poor: A Historical View
223(24)
Ritu Priya
III. URBAN SPACE, THE STATE, POLITICS, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
247(106)
Bombay and Mumbai: Identities, Politics, and Populism
249(25)
Sujata Patel
Economy and Civic Authority in Surat
274(20)
Ghanshyam Shah
Urban Conquest of Outer Delhi Beneficiaries, Intermediaries and Victims: The Case of the Mehrauli Countryside
294(24)
Anita Soni
City Conflicts and Communal Politics: Ahmedabad 1985--86
318(22)
Sujata Patel
Role of the State in City Growth: The Case of Hyderabad City
340(13)
Kushal Deb
IV. URBAN CULTURE
353(132)
Nineteenth Century Calcutta: Folk Culture
357(33)
Sumanto Banerjee
Dining Out in Bombay/Mumbai: An Exploration of an Indian City's Public Culture
390(24)
Frank F. Conlon
Consuming Utopia: Film Watching in Tamil Nadu
414(26)
Sara Dickey
The Figure of the Bombay Tapori: Language, Gesture and the Cinematic City
440(25)
Ranjani Mazumdar
`You Can be Lonely in a Crowd': The Production of Safety in Mumbai
465(20)
Shilpa Phadke
Notes on Contributors 485

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