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

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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, loc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghosh, Anindita, 1967- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Urbanization > India > Kolkata > History.
Urbanisation > Inde > Kolkata > Histoire.
Urbanization
India > Kolkata
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Urban space, technology, and community
  • Songs, the city, and the everyday
  • Sexuality, scandals, and the urban order
  • Battle for the streets: contesting municipal regimes
  • Criminality, class, and moral anxieties
  • Collective protest and riots
  • Conclusion.