City in South Asia - Pre-Modern and Modern

First published in 1980, The City in South Asia is a collection of papers which were presented at an inter-disciplinary seminar on The City in South Asia: pre-modern and modern.

List of contents

List of Illustrations Contributors Preface 1. Colonialism and the Development of the Modern Asian City: Some Theoretical Considerations 2. The Small Town and Islamic Gentry in North India: The Case of Kara 3. Delhi: Interrupted Growth 4. Murshidabad in the Eighteenth-Century 5. The City of Lucknow before 1856 6. Urban Problems and Government Policies: A Case Study of the City of Dacca, 1810-1830 7. Allahabad: A Sanitary History 8. The City of Dacca 1921-1947: Society, Water and Electricity 9. Life in the Mufassal Towns of Nineteenth-Century Bengal 10. The Local Organizational Basis of Social Relationships Among Hindus in Calcutta in the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century 11. The Muslims of Lucknow - 1919-1939 12. An Urban Minority: The Goan Christian Community in Karachi 13. City, Town and Village: The Continuum Reconsidered

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Kenneth Ballhatchet and John Harrison

Summary

First published in 1980, The City in South Asia is a collection of papers which were presented at an inter-disciplinary seminar on The City in South Asia: pre-modern and modern.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Harrison Ballhatchet
• Assisted by: Kenneth Ballhatchet (Editor), Ballhatchet Kenneth (Editor), John Harrison (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032409238
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240923-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Asian History, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General