{"product_id":"urbanizing-the-future-a-new-city-project-in-agrarian-south-india-9781836954736","title":"Urbanizing the Future: A New City Project in Agrarian South India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carol Upadhya\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmaravati, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47773062594711,"sku":"9781836954736","price":9391.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781836954736.webp?v=1777977449","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/urbanizing-the-future-a-new-city-project-in-agrarian-south-india-9781836954736","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}