The promise of the metropolis : Bangalore's twentieth century /
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| Author / Creator: | Nair, Janaki. |
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| Imprint: | New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | xviii, 454 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6023391 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : where does the city begin?
- 1. Bengaluru/Bangalore : the presence of the past
- 2. Remembered and imagined cities
- 3. Conceiving the city : master planning and informal power
- 4. The map is not the territory : law and the production of space
- 5. Past perfect : architecture and public life
- 6. Language and the right to the city
- 7. Battles for Bangalore : re-territorializing the city
- 8. The 'body politic' : gender and the practise of power
- Conclusion : is 'Singapore' Bangalore's destiny?