Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewIn the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's ""shock city."" It was the place where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the greatest intensity—from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the growth of textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, to globalization and the sectarian violence that marked the turn of the new century. Events that happened there resonated throughout the country, for better and for worse. Howard Spodek describes the movements that swept the city, telling their story through the careers of the men and women who led them. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Howard SpodekPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780253355874ISBN 10: 0253355877 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 18 April 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Gandhian Era, 1915–1950 1. Gandhi Chooses Ahmedabad 2. Gandhi Assembles New Leadership 3. Vallabhbhai Patel Builds the Congress Political Machine 4. Anasuyaben Sarabhai Engages Ahmedabad's Working Classes Part 2. The Westernizing City, 1950–1980 5. Ambalal Sarabhai and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Build an Industrialized, Westernized, Prosperous, Cultured, World-Class Company Town 6. Indulal Yagnik Challenges the Gandhian Consensus Part 3. Creativity and Chaos: Economic Restructuring—Political Violence—Culture Conflict, 1969– 7. Communal Violence, 1969 8. Chimanbhai Patel Provokes the Nav Nirman Movement, 1974 9. The Mills Close, the TLA Falters, and the Municipal Corporation Goes Broke 10. Madhavsinh Solanki Invokes the Politics of Caste and Class 11. Ahmedabad 2000: The Capitalist City Out of Control 12. Godhra, the Gujarat Pogrom, and the Consequences Glossary Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsBrings into focus the forces of social, political, economic, and cultural change which have transformed India in the 20th century. Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania A major contribution to the history of modern India and to urban studies in general... A scholar's model for future historical studies of cities, especially those in the developing nations. Owen M. Lynch, C. F. Noyes Professor Emeritus, New York University Lucidly written, beautifully illustrated and meticulously supported with facts and figures, this is an important addition to the academic literature on Gujarat. - Subrata K. Mitra, Contemporary South Asia, November 2012 [T]he paucity of literature on the city of Ahmedabad--a distinct, fascinating, and notable major urban center--is striking. Kenneth L. Gillon's Ahmedabad: A Study in Indian Urban History (1968) was the last noteworthy monograph of the city in English. Apart from filling a lacuna, Howard Spodek's Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India is an important contribution to the urban histories of Asia and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Ahmedabad and Gujarat... [T]his is a compelling account of Ahmedabad, ably written by a historian whose long engagement with and affection for the city shine through without clouding his intellectual insights. Putting a human face on the city's leading figures who built the city and its institutions, caused or led movements, maintained calm or provoked violence, Spodek takes us on an engrossing rollercoaster ride through Ahmedabad's turbulent and complicated history in the twentieth century. He also reminds us all of the diversity and importance of so many South Asian cities which have been heretofore overlooked by scholars. - Preeti Chopra, H-Asia Brings into focus the forces of social, political, economic, and cultural change which have transformed India in the 20th century. Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania A major contribution to the history of modern India and to urban studies in general... A scholar's model for future historical studies of cities, especially those in the developing nations. Owen M. Lynch, C. F. Noyes Professor Emeritus, New York University Author InformationHoward Spodek is Professor of History at Temple University. He is author of The World's History and editor (with Doris Meth Srinivasan) of Urban Form and Meaning in South Asia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
