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Ghertner, D. Asher.

Rule by aesthetics : world-class city making in Delhi / D. Asher Ghertner. - ix, 252 p. ; 24 cm

Contents
Acknowledgments;
Note on translation and transliteration;
Introduction;
1. World-class city making;
2. Gentrifying the state: Governing through property;
3. Nuisance talk: From sensory disgust to urban abjection;
4. Aesthetic criminalization: The nuisance of slums;
5. World-class detritus: The sense of unbelonging;
6. The propriety of property: Resettlement and the pursuit of belonging;
7. Conclusion;
Notes;
References.

ISBN: 9780199385560 9780199465859 (pbk.) 9780199385577

Subjects--Topical Terms:
City planning--India--Delhi.
Slums--India--Delhi.
Urban renewal--India--Delhi.

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1216 GHE