The Power of Place: Contentious Politics in Twentieth-Century Shanghai and Bombay

by Mark W. Frazier

Book Overview

Riots, strikes, and protests broke out in the streets of Shanghai and Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995), with impressive frequency during the twentieth century. Many of the landmark protests and social movements had close connections with the neighborhoods, workplaces, and civic space of each city. By the late twentieth century, as the political geography of each city changed rapidly with the commodification of urban land, so too did the patterns of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108722199
• ISBN13: 9781108722193
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 9.0"