Mumbai : theatre of conflict, city of hope : 1660 to present times / Mariam Dossal.

By:

Dossal, Mariam

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xl, 252 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780198064381 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

23 954.792 DOS 000474

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Table of contents

Contents:

Machine derived contents note: Bombay's 'Magna Carta', Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Politics of Land Use. Poem on the City : Nissim Ezekeil, Island; Section I : Agrarian Bombay C. 1660 - 1860 Land Into Private Property, 1. A Precarious Presence: The British in Bombay, c. 1660-1720, 2. Defence Preoccupations and the Emerging Town c. 1720 1780, 3. Customary Rights and State Regulations c. 1780-1810, 4. A Time for Change: Thomas Dickinson and the Bombay Revenue Survey, c. 1810-1830, 5. Law and the Acquisition of Land for Public Purpose, c. 1830-1860; Section II : Industrial Bombay C. 1860 - 2010 Changing Patterns Of Land Use, 6. A Metropolis Takes Shape c. 1860-1890, 7. Urban Planning or Crises Management ? c. 1890- 1930, 8. The Housing Conundrum and Bombay's Built Environment, c. 1930-1970, Chapter Nine: Megalopolis Mumbai: Confronting the Challenges of Today, Conclusion: Whither Mumbai?, Maps and Locality Plans, Photographs, Abbreviations, Appendices, Bibliography, Glossary, Index.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, New Delhi	954.792 DOS 010829 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010829
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	954.792 DOS 000474 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000474

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-245) and index.

Machine derived contents note: Bombay's 'Magna Carta', Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Politics of Land Use. Poem on the City : Nissim Ezekeil, Island;
Section I : Agrarian Bombay C. 1660 - 1860 Land Into Private Property,
1. A Precarious Presence: The British in Bombay, c. 1660-1720,
2. Defence Preoccupations and the Emerging Town c. 1720 1780,
3. Customary Rights and State Regulations c. 1780-1810,
4. A Time for Change: Thomas Dickinson and the Bombay Revenue Survey, c. 1810-1830,
5. Law and the Acquisition of Land for Public Purpose, c. 1830-1860;
Section II : Industrial Bombay C. 1860 - 2010 Changing Patterns Of Land Use,
6. A Metropolis Takes Shape c. 1860-1890,
7. Urban Planning or Crises Management ? c. 1890- 1930,
8. The Housing Conundrum and Bombay's Built Environment, c. 1930-1970, Chapter Nine: Megalopolis Mumbai: Confronting the Challenges of Today, Conclusion: Whither Mumbai?,
Maps and Locality Plans, Photographs, Abbreviations, Appendices, Bibliography, Glossary, Index.

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