The Promise of the Metropolis: Bangalore's Twentieth CenturyThe volume provides a comprehensive perspective on the city of Bangalore that relates to three levels of analysis, that of the conceived city, the perceived city and spatial practice. The book also charts the styles and forms of contemporary urban democracy and the city as the site of a continuous redefinition of Indian citizenship. |
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The Presence of the Past | 23 |
Two Remembered and Imagined Cities | 77 |
Tables | 101 |
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