House, but No Garden Apartment Living in Bombay's Suburbs, 1898-1964

Name: House, but No Garden Apartment Living in Bombay's Suburbs, 1898-1964
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ISBN: 9780816678136

ISBN-10: 0816678138

ISBN-13: 9780816678136

Edition: 2013

Authors: Nikhil Rao

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Between the well-documented development of colonial Bombay and sprawling contemporary Mumbai, a profound shift in the city’s fabric occurred: the emergence of the first suburbs and their distinctive pattern of apartment living. InHouse, but No GardenNikhil Rao considers this phenomenon and its significance for South Asian urban life. It is the first book to explore an organization of the middle-class neighborhood that became ubiquitous in the mid-twentieth-century city and that has spread throughout the subcontinent.Rao examines how the challenge of converting lands from agrarian to urban use created new relations between the state, landholders, and other residents of the city. At the level…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 2/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Abbreviations


Introduction



An Indian Suburb



Peopling the Suburbs



The Rise of the Bombay Flat



The Spread of Apartment Living



From Southern Indians to "South Indians"



Toward Greater Mumbai


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index