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Dharavi : from mega-slum to urban paradigm

By: Series: Cities and the urban imperative Ed. by Sujata PatelPublication details: New Delhi Routledge 2013Description: xviii,379pISBN:
  • 9780415812528
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DDC classification:
  • 307.3364 CAR
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Contents List of Plates. vii List of Maps. xi Transliteration of vernacular terms. xiii Names of places and persons. xiii Preface. xv Acknowledgements. xvii Introduction. 1 Part I. Dharavi’s Origins 1. Unaccountable land and people 31 2. Migratory crossroads 51 3. ‘A city within the city’ 72 4. The Dharavi way of life. 89 Part II. Dharavi’s Population 5. Castes and leather worker communities of Dharavi 115 6. Dimensions of untouchability 129 7. Obsession with status. 142 Part III. Dharavi’s Workers 8. The informal leather sector in Dharavi 161 9. Organisation of work 173 10. Made in Dharavi: Outlets and distribution 196 11. Dharavi: A globalised informal sector? 208 Part IV. Dharavi’s Citizens 12. From caste associations to political associations 233 13. The politicised housing issue 249 14. From casteist politicisation to democratisation (1990–2010) 267 15. Dharavi: World centre for alternative urbanism (2000–10). 297 Conclusion:Dharavi: Mumbai’s heartbeat. 328 Select Bibliography. 337 About the Author. 367 Index 368
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Contents
List of Plates. vii
List of Maps. xi
Transliteration of vernacular terms. xiii
Names of places and persons. xiii
Preface. xv
Acknowledgements. xvii
Introduction. 1
Part I. Dharavi’s Origins
1. Unaccountable land and people 31
2. Migratory crossroads 51
3. ‘A city within the city’ 72
4. The Dharavi way of life. 89
Part II. Dharavi’s Population
5. Castes and leather worker communities of Dharavi 115
6. Dimensions of untouchability 129
7. Obsession with status. 142
Part III. Dharavi’s Workers
8. The informal leather sector in Dharavi 161
9. Organisation of work 173
10. Made in Dharavi: Outlets and distribution 196
11. Dharavi: A globalised informal sector? 208
Part IV. Dharavi’s Citizens
12. From caste associations to political associations 233
13. The politicised housing issue 249
14. From casteist politicisation to democratisation (1990–2010) 267
15. Dharavi: World centre for alternative urbanism (2000–10). 297
Conclusion:Dharavi: Mumbai’s heartbeat. 328
Select Bibliography. 337
About the Author. 367
Index 368

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