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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830858703321

Autore

Legg Stephen

Titolo

Spaces of Colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : Delhi's Urban Governmentalities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicester, : Wiley, 2008

ISBN

1-280-93268-6

9786610932689

0-470-71285-6

1-4051-8157-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG Book Series

Disciplina

320.954

320.9545609041

Soggetti

Delhi (India) - Historical geography

Delhi (India) -- Historical geography

Delhi (India) - Politics and government - 20th century

Delhi (India) -- Politics and government -- 20th century

New Delhi (India) - Historical geography

New Delhi (India) -- Historical geography

New Delhi (India) - Politics and government

New Delhi (India) -- Politics and government

South Asia

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Spaces of Colonialism; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Archival References; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; 1 Imperial Delhi; 2 Residential and Racial Segregation: A Spatial Archaeology; 3 Disciplining Delhi; 4 Biopolitics and the Urban Environment; 5 Conclusions: Within and Beyond the City; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes of New and Old Delhi under British Rule. The first book of its kind to



present a comparative history of New and Old Delhi Draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies presented in Michel Foucault's lecture courses Looks at problems of social and racial segregation, the policing of the cities, and biopolitical needs in urban settings Undertakes a critique of colonial governmentality on the basis of the lived spaces of everyday life