The City in South Asia

• Main Author: Heitzman, James, 1950-2008.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Asia's great cities.
• Subjects: Cities and towns > History. > South Asia; City planning > History. > South Asia; Vernacular architecture > History. > South Asia; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Urban. > Sociology; Cities and towns.; City planning.; Vernacular architecture.; South Asia > History.; South Asia.; Electronic books.; History.
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With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, and including maps and photographs, this book is a comprehensive survey of urbanization in South Asia during the last 5000 years.

Table of Contents:

• The ancient heritage
• The sacred city and the fort
• Emporiums, empire, and the early colonial presence
• Space, economy and public culture in the colonial city
• Language of space in the contemporary city bibliography.