Power of Place - Contentious Politics in Twentieth-Century Shanghai and Bombay

Frazier's comparative study of popular protest in twentieth-century Shanghai and Mumbai highlights recurring debates over migration and citizenship.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Political geographies and contentious ports; 2. Nationalism and urban social movements, 1919; 3. Containing contention through nationalist movements; 4. In search of the socialist-modernist metropolis; 5. The rebellions of 1966; 6. Relocation, de-industrialization, and the politics of compensation in Mumbai; 7. Relocation, de-industrialization, and the politics of compensation in Shanghai; Conclusion.

About the author

Mark W. Frazier is Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research and Academic Director of the India China Institute at The New School, New York.

Summary

This comparative history of popular protest in twentieth-century Shanghai and Mumbai examines urban spatial politics - workplace, housing, civic space - and patterns of political conflict. It explains the rise and fall of large-scale contentious politics and the turn to 'politics of compensation' as a result of changing political geographies.

Product details

• Authors: Mark W Frazier, Mark W. Frazier, Frazier Mark W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108722193
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72219-3
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; China, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, India, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Political activism / Political engagement