{"product_id":"city-lives-rural-ties-vinay-gidwani-9780295755779","title":"City Lives, Rural Ties: The Social Worlds of Middle Migrants in Contemporary India","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eStories of migrants building precarious futures through ingenuity, desire, obligation, and resilience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIndia's cities depend on millions of rural migrants whose labor sustains urban life. \u003ci\u003eCity Lives, Rural Ties\u003c\/i\u003e brings their overlooked stories into focus through vivid portraits of migrants who have forged footholds in cities such as Delhi and Hyderabad while remaining strongly connected to rural homes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither the most privileged nor the most destitute, they occupy an often-ignored middle ground. Vinay Gidwani and Priti Ramamurthy call them \"middle migrants\" people who balance unstable urban livelihoods with enduring obligations to family and community in the countryside. They navigate uncertain work, precarious housing, and shifting aspirations while sustaining complex networks of care and support that stretch between village and city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories illuminate dreams of dignity, education, and independence along with the daily improvisations required by the informal economy. Women's strategies for maneuvering emerge as especially powerful threads. Combining ethnographic insight with compelling storytelling, \u003ci\u003eCity Lives, Rural Ties\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deeply human portrait of lives lived between places, possibilities, and responsibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vinay Gidwani,Priti Ramamurthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295755776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295755779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Vinay Gidwani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001410167039,"sku":"9780295755779","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-lives-rural-ties-vinay-gidwani-9780295755779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}