Portals of Globalization Repositioning Mumbai's Ports and Zones, 1833-2014

While ports are traditionally considered national infrastructure sites that connect states to global markets, special economic zones and past free ports are portrayed as threats to national sovereignty. This book calls these narratives into question as it explores the history of planning Mumbai'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maruschke, Megan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019
München ; Wien : [2019]
Colección:Dialectics of the Global ; 2
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009675627106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Freeing the Port and Winning Land, 1830s-1860s
  • 3. Territorializing Bombay Port, 1860s-1880s
  • 4. An Export Processing Zone in the Making, 1940s-1980s
  • 5. Managing World Orders, 1960s-1980s
  • 6. Strategizing Global India and Transregional Mumbai, 1990s-2014
  • 7. Globalizing Mumbai, 1940s-2014
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index