Anish Vanaik

Possessing the City

Property and Politics in Delhi, 1911-1947

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Produktbeschreibung

Delhi as an urban space was re-made in the late-colonial period, not purely because of the new architecture, but also because of crucial social transformations. Possessing the City poses the question: who owned property, and what did they do with it, with answers rooted in the South Asian state, housing, finance, and religious conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780198848752
• ISBN-10: 0198848757
• Artikelnr.: 58378273

Autorenporträt

Anish Vanaik teaches history at O. P. Jindal Global University in Sonipat, India. As well as urban history, Vanaik's research interests include the history of political cartoons and the history of Marxism in India.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Background: Property in Delhi, 1857-1911
* 2: A Malleable Cityscape
* 3: Landlords, Tenants, and Real Estate Firms
* 4: Representing Commodified Space: Maps, Auctions, Leases and,
'Narration' of Property
* 5: Intimacy in Four Registers: State, Space, and Capital in Delhi
* 6: Lineages of the Housing Question
* 7: Grave Investments: Abstraction and Sacral Spaces in 20th Century
Colonial Delhi
* Conclusion
* Appendix I: The Database of Construction
* Bibliography