Govind Narayan's Mumbai: An Urban Biography from 1863Guiding the reader on a tour of the sights and sounds of an emerging city struggling to shake off colonialism and wrestling with the formation of its own budding identity, Narayan's beguiling book offers descriptions of Mumbai's daily life, its people and its institutions: the parts of the whole that come together to create this diverse and vivacious place. This valuable text is a rare and enthralling glimpse into a fascinating period and place otherwise lost to time. |
Contents
Notes to the Text | 309 |
Biographical Index of Mumbai Men of the Nineteenth Century | 329 |
Descriptive Index of Mumbai Institutions of the Nineteenth Century | 359 |
Glossary | 375 |
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Govind Narayan's Mumbai: An Urban Biography from 1863 Govinda Nārāyaṇa Māḍagă̄vakara Limited preview - 2008 |
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