Claiming the city : protest, crime, and scandals in colonial Calcutta c. 1860-1920 / Anindita Ghosh.

Ghosh, Anindita, 1967-
Call Number
954.147035
Author
Ghosh, Anindita, 1967- author.
Title
Claiming the city : protest, crime, and scandals in colonial Calcutta c. 1860-1920 / Anindita Ghosh.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Notes
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Summary
This study on colonial Calcutta charts the history of its urbanization from below in its streets, strikes and popular urban cultures. It offers a close up view of the city's underbelly by drawing on a range of non-archival sources, from illustrations and amateur photographs to street songs, local histories and memoirs which show how Calcutta was not just a problem to be disciplined and governed as the colonialists would have us believe. Instead, it emerges as a remarkably lively and crucial site for the shaping of a discourse of rights and claims to the city by various marginal urban groups.
Subject
Calcutta (India) History 19th century.
Calcutta (India) History 20th century.
Calcutta (India) Social conditions.
Calcutta (India) Politics and government.
Multimedia
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Summary
This study on colonial Calcutta charts the history of its urbanization from below in its streets, strikes and popular urban cultures. It offers a close up view of the city's underbelly by drawing on a range of non-archival sources, from illustrations and amateur photographs to street songs, local histories and memoirs which show how Calcutta was not just a problem to be disciplined and governed as the colonialists would have us believe. Instead, it emerges as a remarkably lively and crucial site for the shaping of a discourse of rights and claims to the city by various marginal urban groups.
Notes
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Subject
Calcutta (India) History 19th century.
Calcutta (India) History 20th century.
Calcutta (India) Social conditions.
Calcutta (India) Politics and government.
Multimedia