Dobbin Christine E. Urban Leadership in Western India: Politics and Communities in Bombay City 1840-1885

Oxford University Press, 1972. — 328 p.The evolution of Bombay's multifaceted socio-cultural identity and its development as India's future business capital have been influenced historically by diverse political and economic factors. Dobbin explains caste, community, and municipal affairs in terms of this all-India politics after they had failed to keep.