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Colonial urban development : culture, social power and environment /

King, Anthony D.

Colonial urban development : culture, social power and environment / by Anthony D. King - 1st ed. - Boston : Routledge & Paul, 2010. - xvi, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

includes index & bibliography

Part One

1. Colonial urban development : the problem stated

2. Towards a theory of colonial urban development

3. The social and cultural context of colonial urban development

Part Two
4. The language of colonial urbanisation
5. Military space: The Cantonment as a system of environmental control
6. Residential space: the bungalow-compound complex as a study in the cultural use of space

7. Social Space: the hill station as a cultural community

Part Three

8. Delhi: a case study in colonial urban development

9. The transformation of a pre-industrial city, 1857-1911

10. Imperial Delhi, 1911-47: a model of colonial urban development

Part Four

11. Colonial urban development: some implications for further research

ISBN: 9780415611664

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urbanization--Developing countries
Cities and towns-- Developing countries
Sociology, Urban

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76 / KIC