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Making The Modern Slum: The Power Of Capital In Colonial Bombay

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Book Title: Making The Modern Slum: The Power Of Capital In Colonial Bom...

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

Publication Name: Making the Modern Slum : the Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay

Language: English

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Publication Year: 2019

Subject: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Economic Conditions, Industries / Agribusiness, Asia / India & South Asia, Labor, Sociology / Urban

Item Height: 0.9 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 19.2 Oz

Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics, History

Author: Sheetal Chhabria

Item Length: 9.3 in

Series: Global South Asia Ser.

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Hardcover

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