Studies on Karachi : papers presented at the Karachi Conference 2013 / edited by Sabiah Askari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Askari, Sabiah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karachi (Pakistan)--History.

Karachi (Pakistan).

Karachi (Pakistan)--History--Congresses.

Karachi (Pakistan)--Social conditions--Congresses.

Karachi (Pakistan)--Politics and government--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

The conference on Karachi in 2013 was the first event arranged by a newly-created body, The Karachi Conference Foundation, designed to deliberate on all aspects of the city's life. This book, bringing together the papers presented at the Conference, represents a landmark in scholarship on the mega-city and its issues. It is always a matter of great interest to see how certain societies have developed, starting out as Stone Age sites and flourishing as throbbing urban centres. While not every stage of this process is always documented, the records of remnants collected often help in painting a

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Introduction to the Karachi Conference Foundation; Preface; Keynote Address at The Karachi Conference 2013; Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Contributors; Prehistoric Karachi; Cup-Marks at Gadap, Karachi; Shaping a New Karachi with the Merchants; The Jews of Karachi; Karachi; Sensitizing Architecture Students to the Issues in Built Environments; Teacher Education in the Private Sector in Karachi; The Work of the Orangi Pilot Project's Research and Training Institute; The Onslaught of Populism; Oral History of Social Change; The Devipujak Vagris of Karachi

Myths and Legends Associated with a Few Communities in KarachiSituating Fear; The Rule of Law in Lyari; Interruptive Geographies; Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema; Problematizing the Narrative of Extremism

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 27, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8450-2

OCLC:

930993600