Howard Spodek
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- PhD History University of Pennsylvania
- Masters History University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelors History University of Pennsylvania
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Howard Spodek was an American world historian, a professor of history and geography and urban studies at Temple University. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1963 and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972; while a graduate student, he visited India as a Fulbright Fellow. He joined the Temple faculty in 1972. As well as his faculty position at Temple, Spodek was the treasurer of the World History Association and a member of the editorial board of History Compass.
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- In the Hindutva Laboratory: Pogroms and Politics in Gujarat, 2002 (2008) (48)
- On the Origins of Gandhi's Political Methodology: The Heritage of Kathiawad and Gujarat (1971) (46)
- From Gandhi to Violence: Ahmedabad's 1985 Riots in Historical Perspective (1989) (33)
- Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India (2011) (25)
- Comparative Ecologies of Large Indian Cities (1971) (24)
- Urban centres and industries in upper India, 1556-1803 (1973) (24)
- Urban form and meaning in South Asia : the shaping of cities from prehistoric to precolonial times (1993) (22)
- Rulers, Merchants and Other Groups in the City-States of Saurashtra, India, around 1800 (1974) (19)
- Studying the History of Urbanization in India (1980) (15)
- Essays on Gandhian politics : the Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919 (1972) (14)
- Book Review:Shramshakti: Report of the National Commission on Self Employed Women and Women in the Informal Sector (1990) (12)
- Urban-Rural Integration in Regional Development: A Case Study of Saurashtra, India, 1800-1960 (1976) (10)
- Unit-38 City Planning in India Under British Rule (2018) (9)
- Traditional Culture and Entrepreneurship-A Case Study of Ahmedabad (1969) (9)
- Indian Urbanization and Planning: Vehicles of Modernization (1979) (8)
- 4 – Integrating Cross-Cultural Education in the Postsecondary Curriculum* (1983) (8)
- Urban Politics in the Local Kingdoms of India: A View from the Princely Capitals of Saurashtra under British Rule (1973) (7)
- The World's History (1997) (6)
- Urbanization in India: An Inventory of Source Materials . By Ashish Bose. New Delhi: Academic Books Limited, 1970. xx, 370 pp. Indexes. $15.00 or Rs. 65.00. (1971) (6)
- The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in India: Feminist, Gandhian Power in Development (1994) (5)
- Wage Hunters and Gatherers: Search for Work in the Urban and Rural Economy of Southern Gujarat . By Jan Breman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xi, 422 pp. $32.00 (cloth). (1996) (5)
- "INJUSTICE TO SAURASHTRA:" A CASE STUDY OF REGIONAL TENSIONS AND HARMONIES IN INDIA (1972) (4)
- Squatter Settlements in Urban India-Self-Help and Government Policies (1983) (4)
- The Limited Elite: Politics and Government in Two Indian Cities . By Donald B. Rosenthal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. x, 360 pp. Notes, List of Abbreviations, Glossary, Indexes. $12.75. (1972) (3)
- From "Parasitic" to "Generative": The Transformation of Post-Colonial Cities in India (1975) (2)
- The Urban History of India (1986) (2)
- Shri Ram: A Biography . By Khushwant Singh and Arun Joshi. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1968. 240 pp. $4.25. (1969) (2)
- Rural Credit in Western India: Rural Credit and the Co-Operative Movement in the Bombay Presidency, 1875-1930 (1973) (1)
- Pogrom in Gujarat, 2002: Neighborhood Perspectives (2013) (1)
- The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century (review) (2004) (1)
- World History: Preparing Teachers through High School-College Collaboration, the Philadelphia Story, 1993-1995 (1995) (1)
- Local Meets Global (2013) (1)
- Review Essay : PLURALIST POLITICS IN COLONIAL INDIAN CITIES C. A. BAYLY. The Local Roots of Indian Politics: Allahabad, 1880-1920. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. Pp. xviii, 314, maps, tables, bibliography, index (1979) (1)
- Christopher John Baker, The Politics of South India: 1920-1937. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976, xxiii, 363 pp. Maps, Tables, Biographical notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index (1980) (1)
- John A. Harrison (ed.), South and Southeast Asia. Volume 3 of the Association of Asian Studies' Thirtieth Anniversary Commemorative Series. Tucson, The University of Arizona Press, 1972, pp. 246, $ 3.75 (1974) (0)
- Toward a Usable World Urban History (1990) (0)
- Book Reviews : B. R. Tomlinson, The Indian National Congress and the Raj, 1929-1942 The Penultimate Phase. Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1976, viii, 208 pp., Map, Notes, Biblio graphy, Glossary, Index (1980) (0)
- Book Reviews : Christopher John Baker, The Politics of South India: 1920-1937. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976, xxiii, 363 pp. Maps, Tables, Bio graphical notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index (1980) (0)
- Book Reviews (2015) (0)
- Book Reviews : D. A. Washbrook, The emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency, 1870-1920 Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1976, x, 358 pp. Glossary, Biblio graphy, Index (1980) (0)
- Urban Form and Urban Culture (1983) (0)
- Book Reviews : John A. Harrison (ed.), South and Southeast Asia. Volume 3 of the Association of Asian Studies' Thirtieth Anniversary Commemorative Series. Tucson, The Univer sity of Arizona Press, 1972, pp. 246, $ 3.75 (1974) (0)
- Judith M. Brown, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1972, pp. xvi, 384, Glossary, Biographical Notes, Bibliography, Index, $ 19.50 (1974) (0)
- D. A. Washbrook, The emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency, 1870-1920. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1976, x, 358 pp. Glossary, Bibliography, Index (1980) (0)
- Africa, Asia, and Latin America (1991) (0)
- Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America (review) (2005) (0)
- Index to Volume 30 (2000) (2004) (0)
- In Search of an Identity (1988) (0)
- The City in the Ancient World. By Mason Hammond and The Pivot of the Four Quarters: A Preliminary Enquiry into the Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City. By Paul Wheatley (1975) (0)
- "We're Making History": Philadelphia Educators Tackle a National Issue. (1992) (0)
- The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century (review) (2004) (0)
- Book Review:Studies in Indian Urban Development Edwin S. Mills, Charles M. Becker (1988) (0)
- Book Reviews : Judith M. Brown, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922. Cam bridge, At the University Press, 1972, pp. xvi, 384, Glossary, Biographical Notes, Bibliography, Index, $ 19.50 (1974) (0)
- Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development . By Sharif Uddin Ahmed. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Studies on South Asia, No. 4. London: Curzon Press, 1986. x, 266 pp. $27.00. (1989) (0)
- The Dynamics of a Tradition: Kasturbhai Lalbhai and His Entrepreneurship . By Dwijendra Tripathi. New Delhi: Manohar, 1981. 243 pp. A Note on Sources, References, Descriptive Bibliography, Index. Rs. 80. (1984) (0)
- Book Reviews : S. Ambirajan, Classical Political Economy and British Policy in India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Eric Stokes, The Peasant and the Raj. Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978 (1982) (0)
- S. Ambirajan, Classical Political Economy and British Policy in India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Eric Stokes, The Peasant and the Raj. Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978 (1982) (0)
- Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat. By Ornit Shani. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xiv, 215 pp. $85.00 (cloth); $29.99 (paper). (2009) (0)
- Memoirs of the Leading Light of a Forgotten Gujarat (1969) (0)
- "THE URBAN WORLD: A CASE STUDY IN SLUM RELOCATION"---FILM GUIDE (2017) (0)
- Africa, Asia, and Latin America (1991) (0)
- Port Cities in Asia (1980) (0)
- Asia in World History : 1450 – 1770 India in the World ; The World in India 1450 – 1770 By (2012) (0)
- Block-8 Colonial Cities - 2 (2018) (0)
- Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000 (review) (2005) (0)
- B. R. Tomlinson, The Indian National Congress and the Raj, 1929-1942: The Penultimate Phase. Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1976, viii, 208 pp., Map, Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index (1980) (0)
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