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Sen, Ranjit

 
9780367731410: Calcutta in Colonial Transition
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ISBN 10: 036773141X ISBN 13: 9780367731410
Editorial: Routledge, 2020

Sinopsis

This book brings home the story of how three clustered villages grew into a primate city, in which a garrison town, a port city and the capital of an empire merged into one entity―Calcutta. This and its companion volume Birth of a Colonial City examine the geopolitical factors that were significant in securing Calcutta's position in the light of growing influence of the East India Company and subsequently the British Empire.

A definitive history of Calcutta in its nascent years, this book discusses the challenges of city-planning, the de-industrialization at the hands of British imperialists, the catastrophic fall of the Union Bank, the advent of British capital, and the rise of the Bengali business enterprise in the colonial era. It also underlines how Calcutta facilitated the development of a political consciousness and the pivotal political and cultural role it played when the movement for independence took hold in the country.

This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history, British Studies, city and area studies.

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Acerca del autor

Ranjit Sen was Professor at the Department of History, University of Calcutta.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
036773141X
ISBN 13 
9780367731410
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
298
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