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The colonial city and the challenge of modernity : urban hegemonies and civic contestations in Bombay city, 1900-1925 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hazareesingh, Sandip
Format: Printed Book
Published: Hyderabad, India : Orient Longman, 2007.
Series:New perspectives in South Asian history ;
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Colonial modernism and the flawed paradigms of urban renewal
  • War, censorship and civic dissent: Bombay during the First World War
  • Urban confrontations: Gandhi, Horniman, and the material test of spiritual politics
  • The quest for urban citizenship: civic rights, public opinion and colonial resistance.