The power of place : contentious politics in twentieth-century Shanghai and Bombay / Mark W. Frazier, The New School, New York City. Frazier, Mark W., author. 9620 Urbanization China Shanghai History 20th century. 9621 Urbanization India Mumbai History 20th century. 9622 Social movements China Shanghai History 20th century. 9623 Social movements India Mumbai History 20th century. 9624 Gentrification China Shanghai History 20th century. 9625 Gentrification India Mumbai History 20th century. 9626 Sociology, Urban China Shanghai. 9627 Sociology, Urban India Mumbai. 9628 HN740.S484 F73 2019 306.0951/132 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Power of Place Riots, strikes, and protests broke out in the streets of Shanghai and Bombay, renamed Mumbai in 1995, with impressive frequency during the twentieth century. Many of the landmark protests and social movements had close connections with the neighborhoods, workplaces, and civic space of each city. By the late twentieth century, as the political geography of each city changed rapidly with the commodification of urban land, so too did the patterns of political contention. Using a comparative historical lens, Frazier chronicles the political biographies of these two metropolises and leading centers of manufacturing and finance. Debates over ideology, citizenship, and political representation took material form through clashes over housing, jobs, police violence, public space, among much else in the lived experience of urban residents. Frazier puts contemporary debates over informal housing, eviction of inner-city residents, scarcities of manufacturing jobs, and questions of unequal citizenship in illuminating historical context"-- 2019 Text xv, 296 pages : eng Shanghai (China) Social conditions 20th century. 9630 Mumbai (India) Social conditions 20th century. 9631 China Shanghai India Mumbai China Shanghai India Mumbai China Shanghai India Mumbai China Shanghai. India Mumbai.