City in South Asia

Informationen zum Autor James Heitzman is the author of Gifts of Power: Lordship in an Early Indian State and Network City : Planning the Information Society in Bangalore . He currently divides his time between Davis, California and Bangalore, India, where he is co-founder of Nagara, a trust devoted to urban affairs. Klappentext The macro-region of South Asia - including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - today supports one of the world's greatest concentrations of cities, but as James Heitzman argues in the first comprehensive treatment of urban South Asia, this has been the case for at least 5,000 years. With a strong emphasis on the production of space and periodic excursions into literature, art and architecture, religion and public culture, this interdisciplinary study is a valuable text for students and scholars interested in comparative history, urban studies, and the social sciences. Zusammenfassung With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, and including maps and photographs, this book is a comprehensive survey of urbanization in South Asia during the last 5000 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Ancient Heritage 2. The Sacred City and the Fort 3. Emporiums, Empire, and the Early Colonial Presence 4. Space, Economy and Public Culture in the Colonial City 5. Language of Space in the Contemporary City

Product details

• Authors: James Heitzman, James (Nagara Heitzman, Heitzman James, Jame Heitzmann, Heitzmann Jame
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415343558
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34355-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Asia's Transformations/Asia's; Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities; Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General