Shiptown: Between Rural and Urban North India

by Ann Grodzins Gold

Book Overview

Jahazpur is a small market town or qasba with a diverse population of more than 20,000 people located in Bhilwara District in the North Indian state of Rajasthan. With roots deep in history and legend, Shiptown (a literal translation of landlocked Jahazpur's name) today is a subdistrict headquarters and thus a regional hub for government services unavailable in villages. Rural and town lives have long intersected in Shiptown's market streets, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224574
• ISBN13: 9780812224573
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"