Birth of a Colonial City: Calcutta

ISBN-13: 9780367731557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 262 str.

Ranjit Sen

Opis

This book brings home the story of how three clustered villages - a garrison town, a port city and the capital of an empire merged into one entity - Calcutta. A comprehensice biography of the city, it examines the geopolitical factors that were significant in securing Calcutta's position in the British Empire.

Spis treści

Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Note on the Text.  Introduction: An Overview of the Colonial Origin of Calcutta  Part I Scanning the Context  1. Mapping the Pattern of Urbanization in History: The Calcutta Chapter  2. A Comparative Understanding of the Growth of the Three Colonial Cities: Calcutta, Madras and Bombay  3. Revolution on the Riverbank: A Study of the Creation of a Mankind Necessary for Urbanization  4. Geopolitics of Early Urbanization in Calcutta 1698-1757  Part II Early Formations  5. Who was the Real Founder of Calcutta? Between Two Perspectives  6. How Calcutta Superseded Interior Towns  7. The Logic of Urbanization  8. Municipal Administration  9. Making a Pilgrim Centre: Kalighat  10. Challenges of an Urban Growth  11. The City Assumes Form  12. The City on a Hind Sight: Some Observations in Conclusion.  Bibiliography.  Index

O autorze

Ranjit Sen is former Professor, Department of Islamic History and Culture, University of Calcutta.