City-Hinterland Relations and the Development of a Regional Elite in Nineteenth Century Bombay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3641409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Mcdonald Gumperz |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 581-601 |
| Publication date | 1974-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2053126 |
| OpenAlex | W2330132251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 10 |
Historians of India often write as if India, at the end of the nineteenth century, had only four cities: Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and Poona. Several elements contribute to this perspective: Indian historians' own predominant interest in the development of nationalist politics in late nineteenth century India naturally leads them to concentrate on these four urban centers, the birthplaces of such politics1. But the structure of late nineteenth century politics in India itself mirrored more fundamental aspects of the administrative organization and social structure of the country. Administratively, the country was organized in a hierarchy of authorities of descending prestige and geographical scope, with authorities of greatest power centered in the three port cities, and authorities of least power, at thetalukaand village levels in the hinterlands. This structure decisively established the political predominance of the port cities and assured a flow of potential recruits for government service and the white collar professions out of the countryside and into the Presidency headquarters towns. At the same time, India's status as a raw-materials exporting colony of an industrial mother country, and the increasing penetration of the world market economy, required that business and industry be increasingly concentrated in and about the port cities
Development economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Elite · Geography · Hegemony · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Port (circuit theory) · Presidency · Prestige · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · History · Law
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The Indian City and its 'Restive Publics
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Nationalism and national development.
The New Brahmans
The Tragedy of Erasmus
Western India in the Nineteenth Century
The Cotton Mills of India, 1854-1954
Rural Economy in the Bombay Deccan
India and British Commercial Enterprise
The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Elite Conflict in a Plural Society
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2026 (53) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |