Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; The rise of Bombay; 'A disease of locality': plague and the crisis of 'sanitary order'; Reordering the city: the Bombay improvement trust; 'The ultimate masters of the city': policing public order; Forging civil society; 'Social service', civic activism and the urban poor; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Prashant Kidambi is Lecturer in Colonial Urban History in The School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, UK.

Reviews

’... a major, potentially ground-breaking, contribution to historical scholarship on Bombay, and more generally on India's urban modernity.’ Urban History ’Kidambi’s excellent study of the emergence of the metropolis of Bombay comes to us at a crucial moment in the city’s history.’ Economic History Review ’Using an enormous amount and variety of primary and secondary sources, Kidambi analyses important changes in the relationship between society and local government. ...Kidambi’s book is an excellent study. ...Any student of Indian urban history should read it...’ International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter