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1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Asian cities ; 5
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Asian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Colonising, Decolonising, and Globalising Kolkata' offers an extended analysis of the architecture of Kolkata from the earliest days of colonialism through independence and on into the twenty-first century, all set in the larger context of Indian cities and architecture. What Siddhartha Sen shows is the transformation of a colonial city into a Marxist one-and ongoing attempts to further transform it into a global city. Richly illustrated, the book carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note to Readers -- 1. Overture: Introduction -- Scope of the Book -- Analytical Framework -- The Concept of the State in India -- Socialism, Communism, and Marxism -- Data Sources -- Organization of the Book -- 2. Colonizing Kolkata: From a City of Huts to a City of Palaces -- Founding of Kolkata -- Kolkata's Early Urbanism -- Spatial Restructuring of Kolkata and the Emergence of Social and Political Control as the Dominant Planning Paradigm -- Kolkata's Transformation to a City of Palaces -- Emergence of Architecture as a Symbol of Power -- Creating a Healthier and Beautiful City for the British: Emergence of a New Paradigm for Planning -- Early Municipal Administration in Kolkata -- The Rise of the British and the Demise of Other European Settlements around Kolkata -- Haora's Urbanism -- 3. Building a Neo-Classical, Beautiful, and Clean City: The Rise and Decline of British Imperial Urbanism -- Consolidation of British Power: Making Kolkata a Neo-Classical City -- The Neo-Classical Architectural Influence on the Bengali Elite -- Orientalist Discourse on Architecture and Kolkata -- The Absence of the Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata -- Victoria Memorial Hall: Neo-Classical Revival in Kolkata -- The Modern Indian Architecture Movement -- Limited Modernism in Kolkata -- Transforming Kolkata into a Cleaner and Healthier City for the British -- Shifting the Discourse to Bustees as a Source of Disease -- The Calcutta Improvement Trust and E.P. Richards's Plan for Kolkata -- Sir Patrick Geddes's Plan for the Burra Bazaar -- Racial Segregation -- Municipal Administration in Kolkata and the Expansion of Its Boundaries -- Haora's Transformation to a Coolie Town -- 4. Decolonizing Kolkata: From an American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City. |
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Chandigarh: A Defining Moment in India's Search for Post-Colonial Urbanism -- Revivalist Architecture and the Search for Post-Colonial Architectural Identity -- Lack of a Search for Post-Colonial Architecture in Kolkata -- In Search of Post-Colonial Planning: An Overview -- The Initial Acts of Decolonization in Kolkata -- Material Legacies of Colonial Planning and Kolkata's Post-Colonial Urban Problems -- Political Economy of Post-Colonial Kolkata and Its Urban Problems -- Administrative Structure and the Continuation of the Colonial Legacy in the Immediate Post-Colonial Period -- Western Discourse on Kolkata and the Advent of Western Planning -- The Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation and the Export of the American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata -- The Fear of Communism and the Formation of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority -- Political Climate and Municipal Reform -- The Infiltration of the Grassroots Space by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Its Allies -- New Towns around Kolkata -- Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism -- 5. Globalizing Kolkata: A Late Bloomer -- Emergence of New Market-Driven Architectural Forms in India -- Why Kolkata Was a Late Bloomer -- Making Kolkata Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and the Proposal to Remove Rickshaw Pullers -- Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left Front -- Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative Structure -- Liberalization and the Changing Role of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation -- Kolkata's Private Townships and Gated Communities: Emergence of Real Estate-Driven Development -- Kolkata's Office Buildings for the Service and Financial Sectors, SEZs, and IT Parks and Complexes -- Shopping Malls. |
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Emergence of New Planning Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships -- Rajarhat -- Haora's Global Urbanism -- Kolkata West International City -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of Figures -- Figure 1 -- View of Fort William, Done after the Painting in the Court Room of the Company's House in Leaden Hall Street after George Lambert, by Elisha Kirkall, 1735 -- Figure 2 -- A conceptual map of Kolkata in the early eighteenth century -- Figure 3 -- Calcutta in 1756, by John Call and J. Cheevers -- Figure 4 -- Navaratna Kai Temple. Detail from Govinda Ram Mittee's Pagoda, Calcutta, by Thomas Daniell. Coloured aquatint, 1798 -- Figure 5 -- A pictorial map of Old Goa. From Goa Indiae Orientalis Metropolis, by Pieter Boudewyn van der Aa. Engraving, 1719 -- Figure 6 -- Plan of the Dutch Factory at Hooghly-Chinsura in 1721, by an anonymous artist. Engraving, 1721 -- Figure 7 -- Esplanade Row (north of the Maidan). From Esplanade Row and the Council House, by Thomas Daniell. Coloured aquatint with etching, 1788 -- Figure 8 -- A garden house in Garden Reach. From View on the Banks of the Hooghly near Calcutta. The Country Residence of William Farquharson Esq., by James Moffat after Frans Balthazar Solvyns. Aquatint, 1800 -- Figure 9 -- Writers Building, Calcutta, by Thomas Daniell. Coloured aquatint, 1798. The building was designed by Thomas Lyon and was constructed in 1780 -- Figure 10 -- Old Government House, by Thomas Daniell. Coloured aquatint with etching, 1788. The building was built in 1767 -- Figure 11 -- South East View of the New Government House in Calcutta, by J. Clarke and H. Merke. Coloured aquatint, published by Edward Orme in 1805. The building was designed by Lieutenant Charles Wyatt and was built between 1798 and 1803. |
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Figure 12 -- Government House & Banqueting Hall, Madras, by the Nicholas Brothers. Photographic print, 1860. The building was renovated by John Goldingham, circa 1800-1802 -- Figure 13 -- Major settlements around Kolkata in the eighteenth century -- Figure 14 -- Old Danish Gate, Serampore, by Frederick Fiebig. Photographic print, 1851 -- Figure 15 -- Chandernagore, by James Moffat. Aquatint with etching, published in Calcutta, 1800 -- Figure 16 -- The Town Hall in Kolkata. The architect who designed the building was John Garstin. It was completed in 1813 -- Figure 17 -- A view of English houses in Chowringhi from a lithograph. Plate 18: Views of Calcutta. Chowringhee Road by William Wood, 1833 -- Figure 18 -- Surrounded by an entourage of servants: From The Establishment of an English Gentleman, Calcutta. Photographic print by Frederick Fiebig, 1851 -- Figure 19 -- A view of the Writers Building, or Mahakaran, as it is called today -- Figure 20 -- An early example of classical influence on the Bengali elite: From View on the Chitpore Road, Calcutta. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1797 -- Figure 21 -- The Mullick Palace (also known as Marble Palace), built between 1835 and 1840 -- Figure 22 -- A view of Qaisarbagh. Photographic print by an unknown photographer, 1880 -- Figure 23 -- Laxmi Vilas Place Baroda (now known as Vadodora). Photographic print by an unknown photographer, 1890. The building was designed by Major Charles Mant, architect, and was completed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm in 1890 -- Figure 24 -- The General Post Office. Walter L.B. Granville was the architect who designed the building, which was built between 1864 and 1868 -- Figure 25 -- The High Court. Walter L.B. Granville was the architect who designed the building, which was built between 1864 and 1872. |
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Figure 26 -- St. John's Church. The building was designed by Lieutenant James Agg and was built in 1787. Photographic print by Samuel Bourne, 1865 -- Figure 27 -- St. Paul's Cathedral. The building was designed by Major W. Nairn Forbes and was built in 1839 -- Figure 28 -- Chartered Bank Building. The building was designed and built by Martin and Company in 1906 -- Figure 29 -- Esplanade Mansions. The building was designed and built by Martin and Company in 1910 -- Figure 30 -- Metro movie theatre. The architect for the building, which opened in 1934, was Thomas W. Lamb -- Figure 31 -- Public Works Office, Mumbai. The building was designed by Colonel Henry St. Clair Wilkins and was completed in 1872. Photographic print by Bourne and Shepherd, 1870 -- Figure 32 -- Victoria Memorial Hall. The architect for the building, which was completed in 1921, was William H. Emerson -- Figure 33 -- Secretariat, New Delhi. The architect of the building, which was completed in 1931, was Sir Herbert Baker -- Figure 34 -- Viceroy's House (now known as Rashtrapati Bhavan), New Delhi. The architect for the building, which was completed in 1931, was Sir Edwin Lutyens -- Figure 35 -- The Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library at Banaras Hindu University, built between 1927 and 1941 -- Figure 36 -- The Lighthouse Cinema. The architect of the building, which was built around 1936-1938, was Willem Marinus Dudok -- Figure 37 -- Kolkata in 1839: Calcutta, a French map credited to Dufour and Benard, published by Rouard in 1839. Photograph by Bourne and Shepherd, 1870 -- Figure 38 -- Map of Kolkata showing cholera deaths from 1876 to 1880 -- Figure 39 -- Map of Kolkata showing cholera deaths from 1881 to 1885 -- Figure 40 -- Values Map of the City with One of the Road Schemes, by E.P. Richards. |
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Figure 41 -- An artist's depiction of the Black Town: The Chitpore Road, Calcutta. Coloured chromolithograph by William Simpson, 1867. |
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| Subject |
Kolkata (India) -- Civilization.
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Kolkata (India) -- History.
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Urban renewal -- India -- Kolkata.
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Urban renewal. |
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India -- Kolkata. |
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Cities and towns -- India -- Kolkata.
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Cities and towns. |
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Architecture -- India -- Kolkata.
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Architecture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9789048530687 (electronic book) |
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9048530687 (electronic book) |
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9789462981119 |
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9462981116 |
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9048530687 (pdf) |
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