₹364
₹395
(8% Off)
Inclusive of all taxes
Qty
Buying in bulk?
In Stock
Guaranteed Service
Free Home Delivery
above ₹199
Check Delivery
Enter pincode for exact delivery dates / charges and to know if express delivery is available
Other Global City
by Shail Mayaram (Author),
Yoda Press (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
About the Book: Other Global City
Global cities are generally exclusively defined by flows of global capital.
This narrow conception of global urbanity invalidates cities such as
Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul which has been a global city for over fifteen
centuries, Abbasid Baghdad that once was a global city for science, and Bombay
which has long claimed to be a global city for cinema and the arts. The present
volume attempts to redress the balance. It contends that thinking about the city
in the longue duree and as part of a network of regions, contests both imperial
and nationalist ways of reading cities. In doing so, it looks at
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9789380403168
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Yoda Press
Publishing Date 2013
Product Edition 1