From "Parasitic" to "Generative": The Transformation of Post-Colonial Cities in India

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION vii
4. Urban Violence in Imperial Rome 1
5. The Process of Modernization and the Industrial Revolution in England 23
6. Social Mobility and Phases of Industrialization 59
7. Social Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century European City: Some Findings and Implications 83
8. Fertility, Nuptiality, and Occupation: A Study of Coal Mining Populations and Regions in England and Wales in the Mid-Nineteenth Century 101
9. Coal Miners on Strike: The Transformation of Strike Demands and the Formation of a National Union 137
10. Men in Motion: Some Data and Speculations about Urban Population Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America 171
11. Patterns of Work and Family Organization: Buffalo’s Italians 201
12. Tradition, Modernity, and the American Industrial Worker: Reflections and Critique 217
13. In Pursuit of the American City 245
14. Public Opinion in Urban History 251
15. Urban Networks and Historical Stages 257
16. From "Parasitic" to "Generative": The Transformation of Post-Colonial Cities in India 285
17. The City Overseas 317
18. The Contributors 324