Kidambi, Prashant

The making of an Indian metropolis: colonial governance and public culture in Bombay, 1890-1920 / Prashant Kidambi - Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2007. - xix, 268 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.

Includes bibliography and index.

1 Introduction
2 The Rise of Bornbay
3 ’A Disease of Locality’: Plague and the Crisis of ’Sanitary Order’
4 Reordering the City: The Bombay Improvement Trust
5 ’The Ultimate Masters of the City’: Policing Public Order
6 Forging Civil Society 7 ’Social Service’, Civic Activism and the Urban Poor
8 Conclusion

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Civil society--History--India--Mumbai
City planning--History--India--Mumbai


Mumbai (India)--Politics and government

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