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082			_aVSCL _bCHA
100			_aChakraborty, Bidisha
245		0	_aCalcutta in the Nineteenth Century
260			_a. _bNiyogi Books _c2014
300			_a428: ill. _c15.3 x 2.7 x 22.9 cm _rPaperback
504			_aThis 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
650			_a19th century
650			_aCity planning
650			_aHistory
650			_aIndia
650			_aKolkata
650			_aUrbanization
650			_aVisual Culture
700			_a De, Sarmistha _eCo-author
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