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Cities in South Asia (Paperback)
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Cities in South Asia (Paperback)
Series: Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
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Globalisation has long historical roots in South Asia, but economic
liberalisation has led to uniquely rapid urban growth in South Asia
during the past decade. This book brings together a
multidisciplinary collection of chapters on contemporary and
historical themes explaining this recent explosive growth and
transformations on-going in the cities of this region. The essays
in this volume attempt to shed light on the historical roots of
these cities and the traditions that are increasingly placed under
strain by modernity, as well as exploring the lived experience of a
new generation of city dwellers and their indelible impact on those
who live at the city's margins. The book discusses that previously,
cities such as Mumbai grew by accumulating a vast hinterland of
slum-dwellers who depressed wages and supplied cheap labour to the
city's industrial economy. However, it goes on to show that the new
growth of cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Madras in south
India, or Delhi and Calcutta in the north of India, is more
capital-intensive, export-driven, and oriented towards the
information technology and service sectors. The book explains that
these cities have attracted a new elite of young, educated workers,
with money to spend and an outlook on life that is often a complex
mix of modern ideas and conservative tradition. It goes on to cover
topics such as the politics of town planning, consumer culture, and
the struggles among multiple identities in the city. By tracing the
genealogies of cities, it gives a useful insight into the
historical conditioning that determines how cities negotiate new
changes and influences. There will soon be more mega cities in
South Asia than anywhere else in the world, and this book provides
an in-depth analysis of this growth. It will be of interest to
students and scholars of South Asian History, Politics and
Anthropology, as well as those working in the fields of
urbanisation and globalisation.
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