James Heitzman
Biographic Data
| ID | 343308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Heitzman |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Heitzman |
| SIGNATURE | HEITZMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Middle Towns to Middle Cities in South Asia, 1800-2007
The purpose of this article is to survey the field of historical studies concerned with “middle” cities (populations 100,000 to one million) in the post-Independence period of South Asia— which includes the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives—with particular focus on places with populations between 100,000 and 200,000 and places that are rapidly growing to enter this category. The discussion begins w…
Urban Informality
Book Review| December 01 2005 Urban Informality: Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia Ananya Roy and Nezar Alsayyad, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2004 352 pp., $79.00 (cloth), $27.00 (paper) James Heitzman James Heitzman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2005) 25 (3): 694–695. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-25-3…
Urban geography and land measurement in the twelfth century
The authors compute the length of the 16-span rod, a measuring instrument used in the Kanchipuram region during the late Chola period, by combining information on land boundaries from a single inscription with fieldwork and map tools. In the process, they reconstruct part of the geography of the city and examine long-term changes in land use, with implications for historical preservation. The article suggests that the application of this methodol…
Geographic information systems in India's ‘silicon valley’
By the late 1980s, the parastatal authorities responsible for infrastructure delivery and planning in the Bangalore metropolitan region were encountering complex problems and pressure from lending agencies that pushed them toward capacity-building exercises utilizing electronic tools, including geographic information systems. Simultaneously, a network of non-governmental organizations and private consulting firms were developing within Bangalore …
Intersecting paths in early South Asian historiography
La Trident sur le palais
Vom Herrscher zum Untertan
Ideas and Society in India from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
This work discusses society and ideas in India between the 16th and 18th centuries as seen by medieval and early modern thinkers. It also deals with the reaction of Indian thought to the culture and presence of the West in India, and the author attempts to study medieval Indian history in a global perspective. The book is intended for students and researchers interested in medieval India, and those interested in studying history in a comparative …
Sports and Conflict in Urban Planning
The National Games, designed to develop Olympic talent and promote national unity, also allow the channeling of resources for the development of a sports infrastructure in Indian cities. This study of the 1997 National Games in Bangalore discusses the intersection between urban planning, sports infrastructure, and social organization. Issues covered include financing, the political economy underlying construction of facilities, slum removal, and …
India
The Making of Early Medieval India
INTRODUCTION: THE MAKING OF EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA 2. IRRIGATION IN EARLY MEDIEVAL RAJASTHAN 3. ORIGIN OF THE RAJPUTS: THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROCESSES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL RAJASTHAN 4. MARKETS AND MERCHANTS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL RAJASTHAN 5. EARLY MEMORIAL STONES OF RAJASTHAN: A PRIMARY ANALYSIS OF THEIR INSCRIPTIONS 6. TRADE AND URBAN CENTRES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL NORTH INDIA 7. URBAN CENTRES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA: AN OVERVIEW 8. POLITICAL PRO…
The Winds of Change
Two major trends have so far dominated the maritime history of ancient India: in the western Indian Ocean, the emphasis has been on the enterprise and nautical skills of the foreigners - the Romans and Arabs who relegated Indian seafarers to coastal trade; while in the Bay of Bengal, brahmins as well as Indian merchants are credited with the expansion of Indian culture into Southeast Asia. On the basis of literary, archaeological and ethnographic…
Economy and Society in Early India
Information systems and urbanization in South Asia
(1992). Information systems and urbanization in South Asia. Contemporary South Asia: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 363-380
Ritual Polity and Economy
James Heitzman, Ritual Polity and Economy: The Transactional Network of an Imperial Temple in Medieval South India, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 34, No. 1/2 (1991), pp. 23-54
State formation in South India, 850 -1280
Temple Urbanism in Medieval South India
The Tamil country of South India experienced a flowering of political, economic, and cultural forces during the Chola period (849-1279). The environments supporting this expansion were nucleated settlements focused on temples, surrounded by verdant paddy fields with artificial irrigation networks. This article is a study of the sacred sites and nucleated settlements that were the heart of this medieval civilization. The purposes of the study are …
The Winds of Change
Two major trends have so far dominated the maritime history of ancient India: in the western Indian Ocean, the emphasis has been on the enterprise and nautical skills of the foreigners - the Romans and Arabs who relegated Indian seafarers to coastal trade; while in the Bay of Bengal, brahmins as well as Indian merchants are credited with the expansion of Indian culture into Southeast Asia. On the basis of literary, archaeological and ethnographic…
State formation in South India, 850 -1280
Temple Urbanism in Medieval South India
The Tamil country of South India experienced a flowering of political, economic, and cultural forces during the Chola period (849-1279). The environments supporting this expansion were nucleated settlements focused on temples, surrounded by verdant paddy fields with artificial irrigation networks. This article is a study of the sacred sites and nucleated settlements that were the heart of this medieval civilization. The purposes of the study are …
Ritual Polity and Economy
James Heitzman, Ritual Polity and Economy: The Transactional Network of an Imperial Temple in Medieval South India, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 34, No. 1/2 (1991), pp. 23-54
Middle Towns to Middle Cities in South Asia, 1800-2007
The purpose of this article is to survey the field of historical studies concerned with “middle” cities (populations 100,000 to one million) in the post-Independence period of South Asia— which includes the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives—with particular focus on places with populations between 100,000 and 200,000 and places that are rapidly growing to enter this category. The discussion begins w…
Urban Informality
Book Review| December 01 2005 Urban Informality: Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia Ananya Roy and Nezar Alsayyad, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2004 352 pp., $79.00 (cloth), $27.00 (paper) James Heitzman James Heitzman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2005) 25 (3): 694–695. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-25-3…
Geographic information systems in India's ‘silicon valley’
By the late 1980s, the parastatal authorities responsible for infrastructure delivery and planning in the Bangalore metropolitan region were encountering complex problems and pressure from lending agencies that pushed them toward capacity-building exercises utilizing electronic tools, including geographic information systems. Simultaneously, a network of non-governmental organizations and private consulting firms were developing within Bangalore …
Urban geography and land measurement in the twelfth century
The authors compute the length of the 16-span rod, a measuring instrument used in the Kanchipuram region during the late Chola period, by combining information on land boundaries from a single inscription with fieldwork and map tools. In the process, they reconstruct part of the geography of the city and examine long-term changes in land use, with implications for historical preservation. The article suggests that the application of this methodol…
Sports and Conflict in Urban Planning
The National Games, designed to develop Olympic talent and promote national unity, also allow the channeling of resources for the development of a sports infrastructure in Indian cities. This study of the 1997 National Games in Bangalore discusses the intersection between urban planning, sports infrastructure, and social organization. Issues covered include financing, the political economy underlying construction of facilities, slum removal, and …
State formation in South India, 850 -1280
Temple Urbanism in Medieval South India
The Tamil country of South India experienced a flowering of political, economic, and cultural forces during the Chola period (849-1279). The environments supporting this expansion were nucleated settlements focused on temples, surrounded by verdant paddy fields with artificial irrigation networks. This article is a study of the sacred sites and nucleated settlements that were the heart of this medieval civilization. The purposes of the study are …
Ritual Polity and Economy
James Heitzman, Ritual Polity and Economy: The Transactional Network of an Imperial Temple in Medieval South India, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 34, No. 1/2 (1991), pp. 23-54
Information systems and urbanization in South Asia
(1992). Information systems and urbanization in South Asia. Contemporary South Asia: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 363-380
Economy and Society in Early India
The Winds of Change
Two major trends have so far dominated the maritime history of ancient India: in the western Indian Ocean, the emphasis has been on the enterprise and nautical skills of the foreigners - the Romans and Arabs who relegated Indian seafarers to coastal trade; while in the Bay of Bengal, brahmins as well as Indian merchants are credited with the expansion of Indian culture into Southeast Asia. On the basis of literary, archaeological and ethnographic…
The Making of Early Medieval India
INTRODUCTION: THE MAKING OF EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA 2. IRRIGATION IN EARLY MEDIEVAL RAJASTHAN 3. ORIGIN OF THE RAJPUTS: THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROCESSES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL RAJASTHAN 4. MARKETS AND MERCHANTS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL RAJASTHAN 5. EARLY MEMORIAL STONES OF RAJASTHAN: A PRIMARY ANALYSIS OF THEIR INSCRIPTIONS 6. TRADE AND URBAN CENTRES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL NORTH INDIA 7. URBAN CENTRES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA: AN OVERVIEW 8. POLITICAL PRO…
India
Ideas and Society in India from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
This work discusses society and ideas in India between the 16th and 18th centuries as seen by medieval and early modern thinkers. It also deals with the reaction of Indian thought to the culture and presence of the West in India, and the author attempts to study medieval Indian history in a global perspective. The book is intended for students and researchers interested in medieval India, and those interested in studying history in a comparative …
Sports and Conflict in Urban Planning
The National Games, designed to develop Olympic talent and promote national unity, also allow the channeling of resources for the development of a sports infrastructure in Indian cities. This study of the 1997 National Games in Bangalore discusses the intersection between urban planning, sports infrastructure, and social organization. Issues covered include financing, the political economy underlying construction of facilities, slum removal, and …
Vom Herrscher zum Untertan
Intersecting paths in early South Asian historiography
La Trident sur le palais
Geographic information systems in India's ‘silicon valley’
By the late 1980s, the parastatal authorities responsible for infrastructure delivery and planning in the Bangalore metropolitan region were encountering complex problems and pressure from lending agencies that pushed them toward capacity-building exercises utilizing electronic tools, including geographic information systems. Simultaneously, a network of non-governmental organizations and private consulting firms were developing within Bangalore …
Urban geography and land measurement in the twelfth century
The authors compute the length of the 16-span rod, a measuring instrument used in the Kanchipuram region during the late Chola period, by combining information on land boundaries from a single inscription with fieldwork and map tools. In the process, they reconstruct part of the geography of the city and examine long-term changes in land use, with implications for historical preservation. The article suggests that the application of this methodol…
Urban Informality
Book Review| December 01 2005 Urban Informality: Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia Ananya Roy and Nezar Alsayyad, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2004 352 pp., $79.00 (cloth), $27.00 (paper) James Heitzman James Heitzman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2005) 25 (3): 694–695. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-25-3…
Middle Towns to Middle Cities in South Asia, 1800-2007
The purpose of this article is to survey the field of historical studies concerned with “middle” cities (populations 100,000 to one million) in the post-Independence period of South Asia— which includes the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives—with particular focus on places with populations between 100,000 and 200,000 and places that are rapidly growing to enter this category. The discussion begins w…
Political science (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · History (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (6 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (4 works)