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PRE-ORDER NOW Urbanizing the Future : A New City Project in Agrarian South India by Carol Upadhya
PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 01/05/2026
Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies India's policy thrust on urbanization. Tracing the rise, abandonment and revival of Amaravati, Urbanizing the Future delves into the ambitious plan to build a brand-new city in an agrarian landscape. The book unpacks the entanglements of caste, capital, and state power in shaping development through a regional lens. Urbanizing the Future highlights the disruptions and conflicts engendered by mega-projects as agricultural land is converted into urban real estate. Combining political economy and history with long-term ethnographic fieldwork, the Amaravati story offers a compelling critique of planned urbanization as a contested and uneven process in contemporary India.Binding: Hardback
PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 01/05/2026
Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies India's policy thrust on urbanization. Tracing the rise, abandonment and revival of Amaravati, Urbanizing the Future delves into the ambitious plan to build a brand-new city in an agrarian landscape. The book unpacks the entanglements of caste, capital, and state power in shaping development through a regional lens. Urbanizing the Future highlights the disruptions and conflicts engendered by mega-projects as agricultural land is converted into urban real estate. Combining political economy and history with long-term ethnographic fieldwork, the Amaravati story offers a compelling critique of planned urbanization as a contested and uneven process in contemporary India.Binding: Hardback
$141.52
PRE-ORDER NOW Urbanizing the Future : A New City Project in Agrarian South India by Carol Upadhya—
$141.52
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PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 01/05/2026
Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies India's policy thrust on urbanization. Tracing the rise, abandonment and revival of Amaravati, Urbanizing the Future delves into the ambitious plan to build a brand-new city in an agrarian landscape. The book unpacks the entanglements of caste, capital, and state power in shaping development through a regional lens. Urbanizing the Future highlights the disruptions and conflicts engendered by mega-projects as agricultural land is converted into urban real estate. Combining political economy and history with long-term ethnographic fieldwork, the Amaravati story offers a compelling critique of planned urbanization as a contested and uneven process in contemporary India.Binding: Hardback
