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• Winner of John F. Richards Prize 2020 (United States)

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Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay seems like a book written to explain precisely this moment. It asks: how can we understand the relationship between the city and its laboring poor? This book is a must read for everyone interested in urban, housing, and economic justice, as well as for scholars of South Asia concerned with the subcontinent's enduring inequalities. * New Books in South Asia (NBN) * [A] searing reminder of the long history of urban dependence on migrant labor in India. * Dissent * Chhabria makes key contributions to our understanding of urban histories that are relevant not just for historians but for many who are interested in more contemporary urban planning issues. * South Asian History and Culture * It is a forceful, passionate, and well-researched challenge to our assumption that cities predate urbanism, and its relevance extends well beyond the limits of Bombay. * Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians * [I]nvaluable reading for scholars of South Asia and for anyone interested in slums in the Global South. * Journal of Asian Studies *

Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay seems like a book written to explain precisely this moment. It asks: how can we understand the relationship between the city and its laboring poor? This book is a must read for everyone interested in urban, housing, and economic justice, as well as for scholars of South Asia concerned with the subcontinent's enduring inequalities. * New Books in South Asia (NBN) *

"""Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay seems like a book written to explain precisely this moment. It asks: how can we understand the relationship between ""the city"" and its laboring poor? This book is a must read for everyone interested in urban, housing, and economic justice, as well as for scholars of South Asia concerned with the subcontinent’s enduring inequalities."" * New Books in South Asia (NBN) * ""[A] searing reminder of the long history of urban dependence on migrant labor in India."" * Dissent * ""Chhabria makes key contributions to our understanding of urban histories that are relevant not just for historians but for many who are interested in more contemporary urban planning issues."" * South Asian History and Culture * ""It is a forceful, passionate, and well-researched challenge to our assumption that cities predate urbanism, and its relevance extends well beyond the ""limits"" of Bombay."" * Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians * ""[I]nvaluable reading for scholars of South Asia and for anyone interested in ""slums"" in the Global South."" * Journal of Asian Studies *"

"""Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay seems like a book written to explain precisely this moment. It asks: how can we understand the relationship between ""the city"" and its laboring poor? This book is a must read for everyone interested in urban, housing, and economic justice, as well as for scholars of South Asia concerned with the subcontinent’s enduring inequalities."" ""[A] searing reminder of the long history of urban dependence on migrant labor in India."" ""Chhabria makes key contributions to our understanding of urban histories that are relevant not just for historians but for many who are interested in more contemporary urban planning issues."" ""It is a forceful, passionate, and well-researched challenge to our assumption that cities predate urbanism, and its relevance extends well beyond the ""limits"" of Bombay."" ""[I]nvaluable reading for scholars of South Asia and for anyone interested in ""slums"" in the Global South."""

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Sheetal Chhabria is associate professor of history at Connecticut College.

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