Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India

by Howard Spodek

In 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253355877
• ISBN13: 9780253355874
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

beautiful

very interesting, in detail. will always remember you howard spodek.thanks for being a part of my growing years in ahmedabad