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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nikhil RaoPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.40cm ISBN: 9780816678129ISBN 10: 081667812 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 24 February 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Abbreviations Introduction 1.An Indian Suburb 2.Peopling the Suburbs 3.The Rise of the Bombay Flat 4.The Spread of Apartment Living 5.From Southern Indians to “South Indians” 6.Toward Greater Mumbai Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAs early as the 1920s a distinctively Indian form of suburbanization was rising north of Bombay based on modern apartment living: the 'house but no garden.' As Nikhil Rao shows in this fascinating and pathbreaking book, these 'Bombay flats' not only created a new form of suburban design; they also created a new Indian middle class. --Robert Fishman, University of Michigan Ingeniously reversing the conventional perspective, House, but No Garden offers a historical account of colonial Bombay from the point of view of its suburbs. It suggests that rather than being subordinate to the existing city, Bombay's suburbs pioneered such urban forms as apartment living, cooperative societies, and urban 'meta caste' identities. This not only offers a refreshingly original understanding of colonial and postcolonial Bombay but also challenges the existing literature on suburbanization. An impressive achievement. --Gyan Prakash, Princeton University As early as the 1920s a distinctively Indian form of suburbanization was rising north of Bombay based on modern apartment living: the 'house but no garden.' As Nikhil Rao shows in this fascinating and pathbreaking book, these 'Bombay flats' not only created a new form of suburban design; they also created a new Indian middle class. --Robert Fishman, University of Michigan<br> ""As early as the 1920s a distinctively Indian form of suburbanization was rising north of Bombay based on modern apartment living: the 'house but no garden.' As Nikhil Rao shows in this fascinating and pathbreaking book, these 'Bombay flats' not only created a new form of suburban design; they also created a new Indian middle class."" --Robert Fishman, University of Michigan ""Ingeniously reversing the conventional perspective, ""House, but No Garden"" offers a historical account of colonial Bombay from the point of view of its suburbs. It suggests that rather than being subordinate to the existing city, Bombay's suburbs pioneered such urban forms as apartment living, cooperative societies, and urban 'meta caste' identities. This not only offers a refreshingly original understanding of colonial and postcolonial Bombay but also challenges the existing literature on suburbanization. An impressive achievement."" --Gyan Prakash, Princeton University Author InformationNikhil Rao is assistant professor of history at Wellesley College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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