Cities in medieval India
Material type: TextPublication details: Delhi Primus 2014Description: x, 828p. illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)ISBN: 9789380607993Subject(s): Urbanization | Cities and towns, MedievalDDC classification: 307.760954 Summary: Papers presented at two separate colloquia, held at the Centre for Historical Studies and Jawaharlal Nehru University, between March 2008 and March 2009. Cities in Medieval India focuses on the significance of urbanization in medieval India, by highlighting aspects of the rural-urban continuum and divide, power assertion, spatialization, social segmentation, labour process, as well as aspects of culture and human activity. By relating urbanization to issues such as economic transformation, commercial dynamism, agricultural production, ecology and environment and the exercise of power and authority, the essays in this volume discuss many facets of the medieval cities.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Papers presented at two separate colloquia, held at the Centre for Historical Studies and Jawaharlal Nehru University, between March 2008 and March 2009.
Cities in Medieval India focuses on the significance of urbanization in medieval India, by highlighting aspects of the rural-urban continuum and divide, power assertion, spatialization, social segmentation, labour process, as well as aspects of culture and human activity. By relating urbanization to issues such as economic transformation, commercial dynamism, agricultural production, ecology and environment and the exercise of power and authority, the essays in this volume discuss many facets of the medieval cities.
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