Of Greater Dignity Than Riches: Austerity and Housing Design in India by Farhan Karim

Of Greater Dignity Than Riches: Austerity and Housing Design in India

Culture Politics & the Built Environment

Farhan Karim

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nonfiction design history sociology
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Extreme poverty, which intensified in India during colonial rule, peaked in the 1920s--after decades of imperialist exploitation, famine, and disease--a time when architects, engineers, and city authorities proposed a new type of housing for India...

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