Borderland City in New India : Frontier to Gateway /

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Borderland Cities in New India explores contemporary urban life in two cities in India's Northeast borderland at a time of dramatic change. Social and economic transformation from India's embrace of neoliberalism and globalisation, often referred to as 'new' India, has become a p...

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Main Author: McDuie-Ra, Duncan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urbanization.
Sociology, Urban.
Politics and government.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
City and town life.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Urban communities.
India.
Urbanisation > Inde > Imphāl.
Vie urbaine > Inde > Imphāl.
Sociologie urbaine > Inde > Imphāl.
Urbanization > India > Imphāl.
City and town life > India > Imphāl.
Sociology, Urban > India > Imphāl.
India > Imphāl.
Inde > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
India > Politics and government > 21st century.
India > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Images; Map 1.1 Manipur and surrounding states and territories; Image 1.1 Shanker Talkies, Lamphelpat; Image 2.1 Central Imphal facing north; Image 2.2 Multi-storey houses alongside partially completed houses, Uripok Khumanthem Leikai; Image 2.3 Manhunt billboard, LIC Point; Image 3.1 State Police at Thangal Bazaar; Image 3.2 Bir Tikendrajit Flyover with the Ima Keithel behind; Image 3.3 PLA Memorial at Cheiraoching; Image 4.1 Advertisement for 23rd Century, Salam Leikai; Image 5.1 Billboard featuring Mary Kom, Khoyathong.
  • Image 5.2 Local clothes shop, New CheckonImage 6.1 Shija Hospital, Langol; Image 6.2 Baptist church under construction, Langol; Image 7.1 School under construction, Sangaiprou; Image 7.2 Advertisement for a secondary school, DM campus; Image 8.1 Start of the rally, Haobam Marak Lourembam Leikai; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Disturbed City, Sensitive Space; Frontiers to Corridors; Approaching Imphal; Structure of the Book; Terminology and Place Names; Part 1
  • Disturbed City, Sensitive Space; 2. Belonging; Small City, Growing City; Plurality and Polarity; Neighbourhoods.
  • Alternative Places Conclusion; 3. Control; Spatial Control in Imphal; The Armed Forces; Civilian Government; Non-state Actors; Contesting and Co-opting Memory; Resistance and Nationalism; Insurgent Memorials; Conclusion; 4. Exclusion; Ethnic Politics; Mao Gate; Sadar Hills; Belonging and the Blockades; Indigenous Politics; Conclusion; Part 2
  • Liberalising the Frontier; 5. Gateway City; New India and Its Frontier; Indigenising Indian Capital; Gateway Livelihoods; Closing the Gate; Conclusion; 6. Health City; Building a Health City; The Decaying Public System; Accidental Liberalisation?
  • Reshaping the Urban Frontier Conclusion; 7. Education City; Sangaiprou; Schools versus Paddy; Recruiting in Imphal; Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; Acronyms; Glossary of Non-English Terms; References; Index.

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