Facets of urbanisation : views from anthropology / Sumita Chaudhuri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chaudhuri, Sumita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the result of an international conference organized by the Commission on Urban Anthropology, the Commission on Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and the Department of Anthropology of West Bengal State University, in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India, the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Indian Museum,...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; THEMARGINAL PEOPLEIN THE URBAN CONTEXT; MIGRATION AND ADAPTATION; ONSLAUGHT OF URBANIZATIONON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONOF FAMILY AND MARRIAGE; PARADISE LOST; URBANIZATION AND MIGRATION IN INDIA; THE PERCENTAGE OF SCHEDULED TRIBESIN THE URBAN POPULATION OF TRIPURAFROM 1961 TO 2001; THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND STRUGGLEFOR SURVIVAL OF SLUM DWELLERS IN INDIRAGANDHI NAGAR, CHENNAI; COLONIZED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SPACEAND CONFLICTS IN CITIES; THE INDIAN FAMILY IN URBAN SPACE; SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENTORGANIZATIONS; MEGA-URBANIZATIONIN EASTERN KOLKATA

CONTRIBUTORSINDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 6, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7886-3

OCLC:

913333445