Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies of India
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2006
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-0-7619-3436-3 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of original essays by scholars of geography from India, Western Europe and the US provides important insights into the way in which contemporary geographers are engaging with India. The earlier narrow colonial focus that sought to map India as a country of `resources` and 'peoples' (tribes and castes) has now been discarded for a broader view located in mainstream intellectual frameworks and informed by a public policy perspective. This volume highlights how contemporary geographers 'see' and write on colonial and post-colonial themes such as the state, nation, community, environment and division of labour, while keeping in mind issues of spatiality and territoriality.
Reviews / Votes
"Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies of India offers a good introduction to and basis for rethinking the ways in which academics theorize and teach the geographies of peoples, places, and regions."-Economic Geography -- Haripriya Rangan * Economic Geography * This book fills a very significant gap in the literature on the political-economic geography of India through the colonial and contemporary periods.... the panoramic range of ideas and material landscapes explored here makes this book a unique contribution to several fields of study. -- Contributions to Indian Sociology The interdisciplinary work throws new light on pressing contemporary issues as well as on issues during the colonial period. It is valuable not only for geographers but also for other social scientists concerned with society in the fast-changing world. -- Journal of Social and Economic Development This book is a very useful, timely and a much-needed addition to the geographic research on colonial and postcolonial India. It is a must-read for academicians and researchers working on India and development studies. -- Asian Journal of Social Sciences
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-3436-3 (9780761934363)
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Content
Introduction - Stuart Corbridge, M Satish Kumar and Saraswati Raju
Idioms, Symbolism and Divisions - M Satish Kumar
Beyond the Black and White Towns in Madras, 1652-1850
Home, Community and Nationality - Alison Blunt
Anglo-Indian Women in India before and after Independence
Militant Cartographies and Traumatic Spaces - Stuart Corbridge and Edward Simpson
Ayodhya, Bhuj and the Contested Geographies of Hindutva
Territoriality, Kashmir and the Evolving Geopolitics of India-Pakistan Relations - Robert W Bradnock
From Global to Local - Saraswati Raju
Gendered Discourses and Embedded Urban Labour Market in India
Women's Social Transformation, NGOs and Globalization in Urban India - Vandana Desai
Social Labour and the Geography of Work in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu - Sharad Chari
Infotech Industries and Regional Disparities in India - Martina Fromhold-Eisebith
Post-Colonial Developmentalities - Stephen Legg
From the Delhi Improvement Trust to the Delhi Development Authority
Post-Modernism, Post-Fordism and Flexibilized Metropolis - Swapna Banerjee-Guha
Dialectical Images of Mumbai
Urbane Geographies - Craig Jeffrey, Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery
Schooling, Jobs and the Quest for Civility in Rural North India
Decentralization and Participation in Urban India - Annapurna Shaw
Women Community Workers in a Small Town of West Bengal
India's Evolving Political Ecologies - Glyn Williams and Emma Mawdsley
Carbon Colonies - Paul Robbins
From Local Use Value to Global Exchange in Climate Forestry
In the Aftermath of Critique: The Journey after Sangtin Yatra - Richa Singh and Richa Nagar
Index
Idioms, Symbolism and Divisions - M Satish Kumar
Beyond the Black and White Towns in Madras, 1652-1850
Home, Community and Nationality - Alison Blunt
Anglo-Indian Women in India before and after Independence
Militant Cartographies and Traumatic Spaces - Stuart Corbridge and Edward Simpson
Ayodhya, Bhuj and the Contested Geographies of Hindutva
Territoriality, Kashmir and the Evolving Geopolitics of India-Pakistan Relations - Robert W Bradnock
From Global to Local - Saraswati Raju
Gendered Discourses and Embedded Urban Labour Market in India
Women's Social Transformation, NGOs and Globalization in Urban India - Vandana Desai
Social Labour and the Geography of Work in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu - Sharad Chari
Infotech Industries and Regional Disparities in India - Martina Fromhold-Eisebith
Post-Colonial Developmentalities - Stephen Legg
From the Delhi Improvement Trust to the Delhi Development Authority
Post-Modernism, Post-Fordism and Flexibilized Metropolis - Swapna Banerjee-Guha
Dialectical Images of Mumbai
Urbane Geographies - Craig Jeffrey, Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery
Schooling, Jobs and the Quest for Civility in Rural North India
Decentralization and Participation in Urban India - Annapurna Shaw
Women Community Workers in a Small Town of West Bengal
India's Evolving Political Ecologies - Glyn Williams and Emma Mawdsley
Carbon Colonies - Paul Robbins
From Local Use Value to Global Exchange in Climate Forestry
In the Aftermath of Critique: The Journey after Sangtin Yatra - Richa Singh and Richa Nagar
Index