Urbanisation is rapidly changing the geographic and social landscape of India, and indeed Asia as a whole. Issues of collective violence, urban poverty and disc

Urbanisation is rapidly changing the geographic and social landscape of India, and indeed Asia as a whole. Issues of collective violence, urban poverty and disc

Presents a historical ethnography of two workers' neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, a city in Western India.

This book makes a pioneering attempt to analyse the linkages between the rule of East India Company and urban environment in colonial India over more than a hal

India has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensure