Birth of a colonial city : Calcutta /: Calcutta. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ranjit Sen.
• Authors: Sen, Ranjit
• Contents: 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 How Calcutta Superseded Interior Towns 7.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
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 954.147031; Urbanization -- India -- Kolkata -- History; Kolkata (India) -- History; Kolkata (India) -- Colonial influence; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429638985; 9780429642159; 9780429635816; 9780429029820
• Related ISBNs: 9781138366787
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