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Chronicles of a Global City : Speculative Lives and Unsettled Futures in Bengaluru.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gidwani, Vinay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--India.
- Urbanization.
- Social change--India.
- Social change.
- Bangalore (India)--Economic conditions.
- Bangalore (India).
- Bangalore (India)--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book examines the rapid urbanization and transformation of Bengaluru, India into a global city. It explores the socio-economic and environmental impacts of this change, focusing on themes such as speculative urbanism, financial strategies, and labor dynamics. The authors delve into the challenges and opportunities that arise from the city's shift from material to immaterial production, highlighting the experiences of various social classes. Intended for an audience interested in urban studies, globalization, and socio-economic change, the work provides a critical analysis of how global capital influences local contexts and how citizens navigate the resulting urban landscape. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Note on Confidentiality
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Bengaluru as Urban Future
- Part I: Speculative Stories
- Chapter 1. Envisioning the City
- Chapter 2. The IT Juggernaut
- Chapter 3. Only Beautiful Plans
- Chapter 4. Building the High Life
- Part II: Financial Stratagems
- Chapter 5. Capital Times in Bengaluru
- Chapter 6. Low Finance in the World City
- Chapter 7. The Real Estate Fix
- Part III: State Speculations
- Chapter 8. Re-placing Labor
- Chapter 9. Metro Mutations
- Chapter 10. Moving Matters
- Part IV: Speculative Subjects
- Chapter 11. From Worker to Landlord
- Chapter 12. Slum Dealings
- Chapter 13. “Why Not Us?”
- Chapter 14. The Caste of Land
- Part V: Labor in the Speculative City
- Chapter 15. Constructing Precarity
- Chapter 16. Whose Streets?
- Chapter 17. Chasing Targets, Making a Life Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-7236-2
- 1-4529-7235-4
- OCLC:
- 1456758146
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