Unmapping the metropolis : urban restructuring, governmental logics, and adivasi rights in liberalizing Ahmedabad

This thesis examines the struggles and conditions of Baoris and Chharas, two adivasi(indigenous) communities living in Ahmedabad, India. It engages with the histories through which these communities were transformed into criminalized populations under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. As mapped Crimi...

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Main Author: Johnston, Caleb Fraser
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29555