The beautiful and the damned : a portrait of the new India / Siddhartha Deb.

Author/creator Deb, Siddhartha, 1970-
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2011.
Description253 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
India--Civilization. --21st century.
India--Politics and government. --21st century.
India--Economic conditions. --21st century.
India--Social conditions. --21st century.

Contents The great Gatsby : a rich man in India -- Ghosts in the machine : the engineer's burden -- Red sorghum : farmers in the free market -- The factory : the permanent world of temporary workers -- The girl from F & B : women in the big city.
Abstract "A personal, narrative work of journalism and cultural analysis, The beautiful and the damned examines India's many contradictions through five individual perspectives."--Publisher's description.
LCCN 2011024408
ISBN9780865478626 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0865478627 (hc : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40019825277

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DS480.853 .D3843 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold