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The Periplus Maris Erythraei : Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary.
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…INDIA'S WEST COAST, FROM BOMBAY TO CAPE COMORIN ; INDEX ; INDEX OF CITATIONS.…”
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Alternative Indias : writing, nation and communalism
Published 2005Table of Contents: “…The Routes of National Identity in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow LinesInscribing a Sikh India: An Alternative Reading of Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan; No Passports, No Visas: The Line of Control Between India and Pakistan in Contemporary Bombay Cinema; Afterword; Contributors; Index.…”
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The Periplus Maris Erythraei : Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary.
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…INDIA'S WEST COAST, FROM BOMBAY TO CAPE COMORIN ; INDEX ; INDEX OF CITATIONS.…”
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The bull hunter : tracking today's hottest investments
Published 2005Table of Contents: “…THE BULL HUNTER: Tracking Today's Hottest Investments; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: LIONS, EAGLES, DRAGONS, AND BULL HUNTERS: A VISION TO PROFIT; CHAPTER 1: DEBT, DEFICITS, AND THE DOLLAR: AMERICA'S KILLER Ds AND WHY THE OLD INVESTMENT STRATEGIES DON'T WORK; CHAPTER 2: A BULL HUNTER'S SOLUTION TO THE DOLLAR CRISIS; CHAPTER 3: EFT STRATEGIES IN ACTION; CHAPTER 4: THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE: EFT OPTIONS STRATEGIES FOR A DANGEROUS WORLD; CHAPTER 5: THE MONEY MIGRATION; CHAPTER 6: THE DRAGON IN THE PIN-STRIPED SUIT; CHAPTER 7: BOMBAY DREAMS AND ECONOMIC REALITY IN INDIA.…”
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The History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58.
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Half title -- Title page -- Title page verso -- Dedication -- Preface -- List and short Description of Important Places mentioned in this Volume -- Body matter -- Book XIII.-Bombay, Central India, and the Dakhan -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Book XIV.…”
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Readings in Indian Sociology : Volume VII: Sociology of Environment.
1st ed.Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- SECTION I -- Conceptual Issues -- 1 -- A Demographic Approach tothe Study of Urban Ecology -- 2 -- Bombay: A Study in Urban -- 3 -- Ecology and Development in India: A Field and Its Future -- 4 -- Towards a More MeaningfulStudy of Ecology, Society and Culture -- 5- 'Environment' in Sociological Theory -- SECTION II -- Environment and Displacement -- 6 -- Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups -- 7 -- Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement: The Case of Maldhari Families of Gir Forest -- 8 -- Coping with Development Pathologies: Resistance to Displacement -- 9 -- 'They are All Set to Dam(n)Our Future': Contested Development through Hydel Power in Democratic Sikkim -- 10 -- Revisiting the Baliraja Dam Struggle: A Study of an Environmental Movement in Maharashtra -- SECTION III -- Forest and Water Issues -- 11 -- Social and Ecological Drift of a Planned Urban Centre: A Study of Rourkela, Orissa -- 12 -- How Effective are 'PaniPanchayats'?…”
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Freedom burning : anti-slavery and empire in Victorian Britain
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Improvement and the slave trade ; Anti-slavery imperialism ; Decoy elephants ; Anti-slavery and the scramble for Africa ; Imperial motives -- The anti-slavery empire. From Bombay to Morant Bay ; The road to hell ; Race, free labor, and seeing too far -- Ideologies of freedom. …”
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Noir urbanisms : dystopic images of the modern city
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…/ Li Zhang -- Friction, collision, and the grotesque : the dystopic fragments of Bombay cinema / Ranjani Mazumdar -- Imaging urban crisis. …”
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Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo
Published 1931Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter I Bombay; Chapter II Sir Samuel Hood and the Alligator Hunt; Chapter III Picnic Party in the Cave of Elephanta; Chapter IV Excursion to Candelay Lake in Ceylon; Chapter V Griffins in India-Sinbad's Valley of Diamonds-A Mosquito Hunt; Chapter VI Ceylonese Canoes-Peruvian Balsas-The Floating Windlass of the Coromandel Fishermen; Chapter VII The Surf at Madras; Chapter VIII The Sunnyasses.…”
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India at war : the subcontinent and the Second World War
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Thirty Months Too Late -- 12. Welcome to Bombay -- 13. Plantations and Paddyfields -- 14. Living Dangerously -- 15. …”
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Noir urbanisms : dystopic images of the modern city
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…/ Li Zhang -- Friction, collision, and the grotesque : the dystopic fragments of Bombay cinema / Ranjani Mazumdar -- Imaging urban crisis. …”
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Glasnost Film Festival. Volume 7, Black Square
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Modern India and the Indians
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; The Five Gates of India-Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim, and Aden; FirstImpressions; The Villages and Rural Population of India; Samādh, Sacrifice, Self-immolation, and Self-Torture; The Towers of Silence, and the PārsīReligion; Funeral Ceremonies and Offerings to Ancestors at Bombay, Benares, andGayā; Indian Rosaries; Indian Famines; A Relief Camp; General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Northern India; General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Southern India.…”
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The Cruise Of The Raider Wolf.
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Kirby; Maréchal Davout; Storo Brore; SHIPS MINED; Off Capetown and Cape Agulhas; Off Colombo; Off Bombay; Tasman Sea; Undola.…”
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Zubin Mehta: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds : A documentary by Bettina Ehrhardt.
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Discovering Vintage Washington, DC : a Guide to the City's Timeless Shops, Bars, Restaurants & More
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Ben's Chili Bowl -- Big Planet Comics -- Blues Alley -- Bohemian Caverns -- The Bombay Club -- Catania Bakery -- Chinatown Express -- Clyde's -- Crisfield Seafood -- The Dubliner -- East Potomac Golf Course -- Filomena Ristorante -- Florida Avenue Grill -- Frozen Dairy Bar Eatery -- Gadsby's Tavern -- Idle Time Books -- Iron Gate -- Joe's Record Paradise -- Kramerbooks and Afterwords Café -- Lauriol Plaza -- Litteri -- The Mad Hatter -- Martin's Tavern -- The Monocle -- Mrs. …”
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"Quit India" : the image of the Indian patriot on commercial British film and television, 1956-1985
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…British Empire films in the 1930s: contemporary views -- A prototype of the British empire film: Sanders of the river (1935) -- The British raj film: the final molding of the villainous Indian patriot in The drum (1938) -- Unfavorable British film criticism: objections to The drum and British capitulation to Indian pressure -- Conclusion: Later Indian and western commentaries on The drum, 1989-2000 -- An outlook on British empire films, 1956-60 -- "I tried to be an Indian": Bhowani Junction -- novel (1954) vs. movie (1956) -- North West frontier (1958) -- screenplay and reviews analysis -- The stranglers of Bombay (1960) -- screenplay and reviews analysis -- British empire files, 1967-1968 -- The Long duel (1967) -- Carry on -- up the Khyber (1968) -- The jewel in the crown (1983) -- screenplay analysis -- A passage to India (1985) -- Gandhi: his personality in the eyes of historigraphy -- Gandhi: analysis of firsthand sources, script and John Briley's article.…”
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Nucleus and nation : scientists, international networks, and power in India
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…Indian Scientists Engage the Empire: The CSIR and the Idea of Atomic and Industrial PowerSaha, Bhatnagar, and Bhabha in Contrast, 194445; Restless in Calcutta: Meghnad Saha's Institution-Building; Bhatnagar Builds a Chain of National Laboratories and StepsUpward; Bhabha Builds His Institute in Bombay; The Politics of the Early Indian Atomic Energy Committee and Commission; Scientists' Networks, Nehru, and India's Defense Research and Development; A gallery of.…”
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Laurie Lee Selected Poems.
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…The Pollard BeechSong by the Sea; Long Summer; Scot in the Desert; To Matthew Smith; Cock-Pheasant; Town Owl; Home From Abroad; Apples; The Abandoned Shade; Bombay Arrival; On Beacon Hill; Shot Fox; Girl Under Fig-Tree; Night Speech; Stork in Jerez; Fish and Water; Seafront.…”
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Livelihoods at the margins : surviving the city
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…Introduction : livelihoods at the margins / James Staples -- No money, no life : surviving on the streets of Kampala / Stan Frankland -- Embodying oppression : revolta amongst young people living on the streets of Rio De Janeiro / Udi Butler -- Children on the streets of Dhaka and their coping strategies / Alessandro Conticini -- Hindu nationalism and failing development goals : micro-finance, women and illegal livelihoods in the Bombay slums / Atreyee Sen -- Keeping it clean : discipline, control and everyday politics in a Bangkok shopping mall / Alyson Brody -- Fast money in the margins : migrants in the sex industry / Laura María Agustín -- -- Begging questions : leprosy and alms collection in Mumbai / James Staples -- Vulnerable in the city : Adivasi seasonal labour migrants in western India / David Mosse, with Sanjeev Gupta and Vidya Shah -- "Moving up and down looking for money" : making a living in a Ugandan refugee camp / Tania Kaiser -- "In-betweenness" on the margins : collective organisation, ethnicity and political agency among Bolivian street traders / Sian Lazar.…”
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The road to academic excellence : the making of world-class research universities
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…The IIT system and IIT Bombay / Narayana Jayara -- The IIT system -- IIT Bombay: a case study -- Conclusion: whither the IIT system? …”
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From Africa to India : Sidi music in the Indian Ocean diaspora
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Front Row : Evenings at the Theatre.
Published 2006Table of Contents: “…The Gin dame2000; Cinderella; The Family Reunion; Baby Doll; The Mastery of Charles Dickens; Copenhagen; Notre-Dame de Paris; 2001; Fallen Angels; The Accused; Under the Doctor; Lulu; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Nixon's Nixon; Caught in the Net; Antarctica; Over the Top; 2002; Blood Brothers; The Three Sisters; The Syringa Tree; Daisy Pulls It Off; Lady Windermere's Fan; Bombay Dreams; Sleuth; Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale; Afterplay.…”
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A short history of Parliament, 1295-1642
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Sport in Asian society : past and present
Published 2003Table of Contents: “…Brownfoot -- Cricket in colonial India: the Bombay Pentangular, 1892-1946 / Boria Majumdar -- Sport in China: conflict between tradition and modernity, 1840s to 1930s / Fan Hong and Tan Hua -- Ideology, politics, power: Korean sport transformation, 1945-92 / Ha Nam-Gil and J.A. …”
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A short history of Parliament, 1295-1642
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Cinema, law and the state in Asia
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…PART I: INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA -- Islamic Terrorism, Secularism, and Visions of Justice in India: Khalid Mohamed's Fiza / Priya Kumar -- Cinematic Citizenship and the Illegal City / Lawrence Liang -- Bombay Bhai: The Gangster in and behind Hindi Popular Cinema / Corey K. …”
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Bollywood in Britain : cinema, brand, discursive complex
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Urban environment and infrastructure : toward livable cities
Published 2004Table of Contents: “…Main Findings of the Portfolio Review -- Objectives of the Urban Environment Portfolio Review -- The World Bank's Commitment to Improving the Quality of the Urban Environment -- Portfolio Review Methodology -- Profile of the Portfolio -- Sector Contributions to the Portfolio -- Urban Environmental Investments in Small and Large Cities -- The Role of Local Government, Civil Society, and the Private Sector -- Institutional Strengthening and Technical Assistance -- Tracking the Quality of the Urban Environment Portfolio -- Using Monitoring Indicators to Measure Progress -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Urban Environment Portfolio -- Recommendations for Future Work -- China: Liaoning Environment Project -- India: Bombay Sewage Disposal Project -- Colombia: Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage, and Environmental Management Project -- Guinea: Third Urban Development Project -- Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela: Caracas Slum-Upgrading Project -- Nicaragua: Natural Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project -- Latvia: Municipal Solid Waste Management Project -- Algeria: Industrial Pollution Control Project -- Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project -- Poland: Krakow Energy Efficiency Project -- Mongolia: Improved Household Stoves in Urban Centers Project -- China: Guangzhou City Center Transport Project.…”
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Anxieties, fear and panic in colonial settings : empires on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Schär -- Arrested circulation: catholic missionaries, anthropological knowledge and the politics of cultural difference in imperial Germany, 1880-1914 / Richard Hölzl -- 'The strangest problem': Daniel Wilberforce, the Human Leopards panic and the special court in Sierra Leone / Christine Whyte -- Critical mass: colonial crowds and contagious panics in 1890s Hong Kong and Bombay / Robert Peckham.…”
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Global Bollywood : travels of Hindi song and dance
Published 2008Table of Contents: “…Tapping the mass market : the commercial life of Hindi film songs / Anna Morcom -- The sounds of modernity : the evolution of Bollywood film song / Biswarup Sen -- From Bombay to Bollywood : tracking cinematic and musical tours / Nilanjana Bhattacharjya and Monika Mehta -- Bollywood and beyond : the transnational economy of film production in Ramoji film city, Hyderbad / Shanti Kumar -- The music of intolerable love : political conjugality in Mani Ratnam's Dil se / Anustup Basu -- Intimate neighbors : Bollywood, dangdut music, and globalizing modernities in Indonesia / Bettina David -- The ubiquitous nonpresence of India : peripheral visions from Egyptian popular culture / Walter Armbrust -- Appropriating the uncodable : Hindi song and dance sequences in Israeli state promotional commercials / Ronie Parciack -- Dancing to an Indian beat : "Dola" goes my diasporic heart / Sangita Shresthova -- Food and cassettes : encounters with Indian filmsong / Edward K. …”
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Putting science in its place : geographies of scientific knowledge
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