Indigenous Modernities

Dr. Jyoti Hosagrahar is Director of Sustainable Urbanism International, an independent non-profit research and policy initiative. She advises on urban development, historic conservation, and cultural sustainability issues in Asia. She currently teaches at Columbia University, New York. She has previously taught at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and earned her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.

• 1. Becoming 'Modern'  2. Fragmenting Domestic Landscapes: From Mansions to Margins  3. Negotiating Streets and Squares: Spatial Culture in the Public Realm  4. Sanitizing Neighborhoods: Geographies of Health  5. Beyond the Walls: Commerce of Urban Expansion  6. Imagining Modernity: Symbolic Terrains of Housing  7. Recovering an Urban Past

'[An] intelligent, well-organised, and well-illustrated investigation.' - The Architectural Review'I was immediately captivated ... a beautifully written book ... and some fine illustrations.' - Urban Design'[It] should be commended ... it is not just a multisited investigation, but also explores the city at multiple scales, leaving the reader with a richer sense of space and the actors of urban modernity who inhabited it.' - Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review