Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies of India

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. INDICE: Introduction - Stuart Corbridge, M Satish Kumar and Saraswati RajuIdioms, Symbolism and Divisions - M Satish Kumar Beyond the Black and White Towns in Madras, 1652-1850Home, Community and Nationality - Alison Blunt Anglo-Indian Women in India before and after IndependenceMilitant Cartographies and Traumatic Spaces - Stuart Corbridge and Edward Simpson Ayodhya, Bhuj and the Contested Geographies of HindutvaTerritoriality, Kashmir and the Evolving Geopolitics of India-Pakistan Relations - Robert W BradnockFrom Global to Local - Saraswati Raju Gendered Discourses and Embedded Urban Labour Market in IndiaWomen's Social Transformation, NGOs and Globalization in Urban India - Vandana DesaiSocial Labour and the Geography of Work in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu - Sharad ChariInfotech Industries and Regional Disparities in India - Martina Fromhold-EisebithPost-Colonial Developmentalities - Stephen Legg From the Delhi Improvement Trust to the Delhi Development AuthorityPost-Modernism, Post-Fordism and Flexibilized Metropolis - Swapna Banerjee-Guha Dialectical Images of MumbaiUrbane Geographies - Craig Jeffrey, Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery Schooling, Jobs and the Quest for Civility in Rural North IndiaDecentralization and Participation in Urban India - Annapurna Shaw Women Community Workers in a Small Town of West BengalIndia's Evolving Political Ecologies - Glyn Williams and Emma MawdsleyCarbon Colonies - Paul Robbins From Local Use Value to Global Exchange in Climate ForestryIn the Aftermath of Critique: The Journey after Sangtin Yatra - Richa Singh and Richa NagarIndex

• ISBN: 978-0-7619-3437-0
• Editorial: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
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