The Promise Of Metropolis
Bangalore's Twentieth Century
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ISBN:
9780195690446
Publication date:
20/04/2007
Paperback
472 pages
234.95x154.52mm
Price: 795.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780195690446
Publication date:
20/04/2007
Paperback
472 pages
Janaki Nair
Winner of the New India Foundation?s New India Book Prize in 2005, this book paints a vivid picture of the modern history of Bangalore. It traces the city?s rise to metropolitan status and the consequent shaping of urban spaces and citizenship. Complemented by over sixty black-and-white photographs?both old and new?that capture the city?s many moments, the book highlights the consequences of urban growth that was telescoped into a period of five decades.
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Janaki Nair
Description
Winner of the New India Foundation?s New India Book Prize in 2005, this book paints a vivid picture of the modern history of Bangalore. It traces the city?s rise to metropolitan status and the consequent shaping of urban spaces and citizenship. Complemented by over sixty black-and-white photographs?both old and new?that capture the city?s many moments, the book highlights the consequences of urban growth that was telescoped into a period of five decades. Providing important insights into Bangalore?s recent development, the book appeals to sociologists, historians, urban planners, architects, scholars, and the interested lay reader alike.
About the Author
Janaki Nair is Professor of History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutt a.
Janaki Nair
Review
?... a rich academic enterprise ... a very readable critique of a young metropolis ...? ? The Hindu ?... a definitive statement on the twentieth-century trajectory of the city ... It is engaging not only for its critical rigour but also for the facility of its prose ... the book remains a treat.? ? Deccan Herald ?... an important contribution within a surge of research on Bangalore, providing a wide-ranging historical understanding of this garden city-become-technopole.? ? James Heitzman, Economic and Political Weekly ?... rigorously researched ... the chapters cover a wide conceptual field, ranging across the disciplines of history, town planning, law, architecture, politics, and gender ... the first ... to look at Bangalore from the perspective of imagining the city ... the range of topics and wealth of material presented is substantive.? ? The Book Review
Janaki Nair
Description
Winner of the New India Foundation?s New India Book Prize in 2005, this book paints a vivid picture of the modern history of Bangalore. It traces the city?s rise to metropolitan status and the consequent shaping of urban spaces and citizenship. Complemented by over sixty black-and-white photographs?both old and new?that capture the city?s many moments, the book highlights the consequences of urban growth that was telescoped into a period of five decades. Providing important insights into Bangalore?s recent development, the book appeals to sociologists, historians, urban planners, architects, scholars, and the interested lay reader alike.
About the Author
Janaki Nair is Professor of History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutt a.
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