Karachi - Megacity of Our Times is the story of transformation of a sleepy town of under twenty thousand people into a vibrant metropolis-one of the largest in Asia today. Thirteen prominent writers of Karachi take the reader throughpost-independence development in politics, economics, the arts, demography and architecture. Some of the articles are very personal, evoking nostalgia for the Karachi that was; others are analytical drawing on available data to predict the course that this turbulent city will take in the future. A part of the book is devoted to the 'long nineteenth century' when the Englishman ruled anddivided the city into 'white' and 'native' quarters. There is also a section on people who have contributed to the welfare of the city. The book is profusely illustrated with maps, photographs, and illustrations. INDICE: Contents List:; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1.; How it All Began; Hamida Khuhro; 2.; The Making of a Colonial Port; Hamida Khuhro; 3.; The Halcyon Years; Hamida Khuhro; 4.; The Capital of Pakistan; Hamida Khuhro; 5.; The Founding Fathers of Modern Karachi; Muneeza Shamsie; 6.; An Economic Perspective; Shahida Wizarat; 7.; The Growth of a Metropolis; Arif Hasan; 8.; Half a Century of Trends; Noman Ahmed; 9.; The Literary Scene-English I; Tariq Rahman; 10.; The Literary Scene-English II; 11.: The Literary Scene-Urdu Muhammad Ali Siddiqui; 12.: The Literary Scene-Sindhi Hamida Khuhro; 13.: Saddar of the Fifties and Sixties Asif Noorani; 14.: An Ever Expanding Canvas Marjorie Husain; 15.: Comedy, Tragedy, and Realism Hameed Zaman; 16.: A Close-up of Cinema, Radio, and Television Asif Noorani; 17.: Karachi before Prohibition Anwer Mooraj; 18.: Being Young in the Fifties Anwer Mooraj; 19.: Millennium Karachi Ayela Khuhro; Notes and References; Notes on the Contributors
- ISBN: 978-0-19-547519-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 412
- Fecha Publicación: 18/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés