The City in South Asia

by James Heitzman

The macro-region of South Asia - including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - today supports one of the world's greatest concentrations of cities, but as James Heitzman argues in the first comprehensive treatment of urban South Asia, this has been the case for at least 5,000 years.

With a strong emphasis on the production of space and periodic excursions into literature, art and architecture, religion and public culture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415574269
• ISBN13: 9780415574266
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"