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In the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's "shock city." It was the place where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the greatest intensity -- from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the growth of textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, to globalization and the sectarian violence that marked the turn of the new century. Events that happened there resonated throughout the country, for better and for worse. Howard Spodek describes the movements that swept the city, telling their story through the careers of the men and women who led them.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. iii-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-xiii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. Part 1 The Gandhian Era, 1915–1950
  2. pp. 17-20
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  1. Chapter 1 Gandhi Chooses Ahmedabad
  2. pp. 21-36
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  1. Chapter 2 Gandhi Assembles New Leadership
  2. pp. 37-69
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  1. Chapter 3 Vallabhbhai Patel Builds the Congress Political Machine
  2. pp. 70-93
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  1. Chapter 4 Anasuyaben Sarabhai Engages Ahmedabad’s Working Classes
  2. pp. 94-114
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  1. Images- between 114-115
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  1. Part 2 The Westernizing City, 1950–1980
  2. pp. 115-119
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  1. Chapter 5 Ambalal Sarabhai and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Build an Industrialized, Westernized, Prosperous, Cultured, World-Class Company Town
  2. pp. 121-139
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  1. Chapter 6 Indulal Yagnik Challenges the Gandhian Consensus
  2. pp. 140-164
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  1. Part 3 Creativity and Chaos, 1969–
  2. pp. 165-170
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  1. Chapter 7 Communal Violence, 1969
  2. pp. 171-180
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  1. Chapter 8 Chimanbhai Patel Provokes the Nav Nirman Movement, 1974
  2. pp. 181-194
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  1. Chapter 9 The Mills Close, the TLA Falters, and the Municipal Corporation Goes Broke
  2. pp. 195-206
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  1. Chapter 10 Madhavsinh Solanki Invokes the Politics of Caste and Class
  2. pp. 207-226
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  1. Chapter 11 Ahmedabad 2000: The Capitalist City Out of Control
  2. pp. 227-247
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  1. Chapter 12 Godhra, the Gujarat Pogrom, and the Consequences
  2. pp. 248-270
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 271-274
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 275-300
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Index
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