Author: Dwivedi Sharada
Place: Bombay
Publisher: India Book House Pvt Ltd
Year: 1995
Pages: 335
ISBN: 81-85028-80-X
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Chronology Bibliography, History
Classification: 720.9
Shelf: C5R3
Accession No: B137
Contents: Foritiesord, Essay, Commentary, Afterword, Postscript, Edited
Abstract: Contents : Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Book I : The genesis of a settlement 1650s-1850s : 1. A fort on a fishermen`s Island; 2. Beyond the fort walls; Book II : The evolution of a core 1860s-1880s : 3. The emergence of a centre; 4. Public Intervention and private Enterprise; Book III : The creation of a city 1890s – 1920s : 5. Orchestrating realism and idealism; 6. decades of change; BooK IV : The growth of a metropolis 1930s-1990s : 7. Transitions to modernity; 8. Exploding city, imploding centre; In conclusion : one space, two worlds; Maps; Chronology; Bibliography; Photo credits; Index.