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Recollections Of Calcutta For Over Half A Century
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Book Synopsis Recollections of Calcutta for Over Half a Century by : Montague Massey
Download or read book Recollections of Calcutta for Over Half a Century written by Montague Massey and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1918 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Calcutta in Colonial Transition by : Ranjit Sen
Download or read book Calcutta in Colonial Transition written by Ranjit Sen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis A History of Calcutta's Streets by : P. Thankappan Nair
Download or read book A History of Calcutta's Streets written by P. Thankappan Nair and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Modern Review by : Ramananda Chatterjee
Download or read book The Modern Review written by Ramananda Chatterjee and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".
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Book Synopsis Women of the Raj by : Margaret MacMillan
Download or read book Women of the Raj written by Margaret MacMillan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, at the height of colonialism, the British ruled India under a government known as the Raj. British men and women left their homes and traveled to this mysterious, beautiful country–where they attempted to replicate their own society. In this fascinating portrait, Margaret MacMillan examines the hidden lives of the women who supported their husbands’ conquests–and in turn supported the Raj, often behind the scenes and out of the history books. Enduring heartbreaking separations from their families, these women had no choice but to adapt to their strange new home, where they were treated with incredible deference by the natives but found little that was familiar. The women of the Raj learned to cope with the harsh Indian climate and ward off endemic diseases; they were forced to make their own entertainment–through games, balls, and theatrics–and quickly learned to abide by the deeply ingrained Anglo-Indian love of hierarchy. Weaving interviews, letters, and memoirs with a stunning selection of illustrations, MacMillan presents a vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers, and wives of the men at the center of a daring imperialist experiment–and reveals India in all its richness and vitality. “A marvellous book . . . [Women of the Raj] successfully [re-creates] a vanished world that continues to hold a fascination long after the sun has set on the British empire.” –The Globe and Mail “MacMillan has that essential quality of the historian, a narrative gift.” –The Daily Telegraph “MacMillan is a superb writer who can bring history to life.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer “Well researched and thoroughly enjoyable.” –Evening Standard
Book Synopsis Birth of a Colonial City by : Ranjit Sen
Download or read book Birth of a Colonial City written by Ranjit Sen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before Calcutta was ‘discovered’ by Job Charnock, it thrived by the Hugli since times immemorial. This book, and its companion Colonial Calcutta, is a biographical account of the when, the how and the what of a global city and its emergence under colonial rule in the 1800s. Ranjit Sen traces the story of how three clustered villages became the hub of the British Empire and a centre of colonial imagination. He examines the historical and geopolitical factors that were significant in securing its prominence, and its subsequent urbanization which was a colonial experience without an antecedent. Further, it sheds light on Calcutta’s early search for identity — how it superseded interior towns and flourished as the seat of power for its hinterland; developed its early institutions, while its municipal administration slowly burgeoned. A sharp analysis of the colonial enterprise, this volume lays bare the underbelly of the British Raj. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern history, South Asian history, urban studies, British Studies and area studies.
Book Synopsis The Indian City by : John Van Willigen
Download or read book The Indian City written by John Van Willigen and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tatler & Bystander written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peter Jackson written by Bob Petersen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to former slaves on St. Croix in 1860, Peter Jackson made his name as a boxer with his smooth, fast style and a dangerous one-two combination. After immigrating to Australia, Jackson became that country's national heavyweight champion in 1886 before moving on to the United States and claiming the title of Colored Champion of the World in 1888. For the next ten years Peter Jackson remained undefeated, finally losing to the great Jim Jeffries in 1898. Although he never received a shot at the heavyweight title--reigning heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan refused to defend his title against a black man--Jackson remains one of the greatest heavyweights ever.
Book Synopsis Million Cities of India by : R. P. Misra
Download or read book Million Cities of India written by R. P. Misra and published by New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on 1978 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles on problems of urbanization in India, with special reference to the nine cities with a million or more population each in 1974.
Book Synopsis Business, Race, and Politics in British India, c.1850-1960 by : Maria Misra
Download or read book Business, Race, and Politics in British India, c.1850-1960 written by Maria Misra and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999-04-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the political and economic activities of an important group of British businessmen in India between 1850 and 1960. Though denounced by Indian nationalists as the economic arm of the British Raj, the firms of these `Managing Agents' seemed unassailable before the First World War. However, during the inter-war period they rapidly lost their commanding position to both Indian and other foreign competitors. Dr Misra argues that the failure of these firms was, in part, the consequence of their particular (and ultimately self-defeating) attitudes towards business, politics, and race. She casts new light on British colonial society in India, and makes an important contribution to current debates on the nature of the British Empire and the causes of Britain's relative economic decline.
Book Synopsis The Non-official British in India to 1920 by : Raymond K. Renford
Download or read book The Non-official British in India to 1920 written by Raymond K. Renford and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1880s through the 1920s, this book focuses on the political, economic, social, educational, and religious activities of a complex non-official British and European community in India--a group comprised of planters, businessmen, and traders. Looking at the development and social and economic impact of this group, Renford's work provides a new perspective on the period for both the historian and general reader.
Book Synopsis The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature by :
Download or read book The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: