Taming the Oriental Bazaar: Architecture of the Market-Halls of Colonial India

ISBN-13: 9780367487119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 112 str.

Pushkar (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Opis

Taming the Oriental Bazaar examines the public market-hall as a key architectural feature of colonial South Asia. Representing a transition in the architectural programme, these buildings were meant to be monuments and markers of modernity in South Asia.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Bazaars and Markets 2. A New Architecture of Modernity 4. Market Halls 5. Markets in Literature and Popular Culture

O autorze

Pushkar Sohoni is Associate Professor and Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India.