Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India

In the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's shock city. It was the place where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the greatest intensity--from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the growth of textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, to globalization and the sectarian violence that marked the turn of the new century. Events that happened there resonated throughout the country, for better and for worse. Howard Spodek describes the movements that swept the city, telling their story through the careers of the men and women who led them.

Author: Howard Spodek
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 04/18/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780253355874

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2012

About the Author

Howard Spodek is Professor of History at Temple University. He is author of The World's History and editor (with Doris Meth Srinivasan) of Urban Form and Meaning in South Asia.