Chakraborty, Bidisha <br/><br/>
Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century 

 -  Niyogi Books  2014 
 - 428: ill.  15.3 x 2.7 x 22.9 cm 
<br/><br/>This collection examines Calcutta s rapid transformation from a cluster of three villages into the second city of the British Empire. Bidisha Chakraborty and Sarmistha De, two talented archivists, remind us that the ancient and crumbling British legacy scattered all around Calcutta was once a fledgling imperial dream of the most astounding scope. This book delves into several archival sources and unearths not just the grandeur of such an ambitious undertaking but also the meticulous planning that went with it. Through rare photographs, plans, blueprints and other documentary evidence we get a glimpse of Calcutta as the British wanted the city to be. This book shows not just how much they achieved but also the inevitable resistance that they faced. One is also made aware of the complex coloniser-colonised dialectic that lay behind the growth of a city like Calcutta 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789381523810 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>19th century<br/>City planning <br/>History<br/>India<br/>Kolkata<br/>Urbanization<br/>Visual Culture
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>VSCL  / CHA