Siddhartha Sen
Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata
From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City
Siddhartha Sen
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From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City
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The richly illustrated book carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu.
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The richly illustrated book carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu.
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- Asian Cities
- Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
- Seitenzahl: 290
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 586g
- ISBN-13: 9789462981119
- ISBN-10: 9462981116
- Artikelnr.: 45675416
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Asian Cities
- Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
- Seitenzahl: 290
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 586g
- ISBN-13: 9789462981119
- ISBN-10: 9462981116
- Artikelnr.: 45675416
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Siddhartha Sen is the Interim Assistant Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and the Director of Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore, USA. He is a recognized scholar on Indian urbanization and the nonprofit sector in India.
Acknowledgement, Dedication, List of Illustrations, Chapter 1: Overture
Introduction Scope of the Book Analytical Framework The Concept of the
State in India Socialism, Communism and Marxism Data Sources Organisation
of the Book Chapter 2: Colonising 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 City of Palaces Kolkata's Transformation to 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 87 The Rise of the
British and Demise of other European Settlements around Kolkata 88 Haora's
Urbanism 93 Chapter 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 Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata Victoria Memorial
Hall: Neo-Classical Revival in Kolkata 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 Source
of Diseas The Calcutta Improvement Trust and E. P. Richards's Plan for
Kolkata Sir Patrick Geddes's Plan for Burra Bazaar Racial Segregation
Municipal Administration in Kolkata and Expansion of its Boundaries Haora's
Transformation to Coolie Town Chapter 4: Decolonising Kolkata: From an
American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City 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 a Post-Colonial
Planning: An Overview The Initial Acts of Decolonisation 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 Continuation of Colonial Legacy in the
Immediate Post-Colonial Period Western Discourse on Kolkata and Advent of
Western Planning Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation (CMPO) and the
Export of American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata The Fear of Communism and
Formation of KMDA Infiltration of Grassroots Space by CPI-M and Its Allies
New Towns around Kolkata Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism Chapter 5:
Globalising Kolkata: A Late Bloomer Emergence of New Market-Driven
Architectural Forms in India Why Kolkata Became a Late Bloomer Making
Kolkata Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and Proposal to Remove
Rickshaw Pullers Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left
Front Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative
Structure Liberalisation and the Changing Role of KMDA and KMC 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 Emergence of New
Planning Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships
Rajarahat Haora's Global Urbanism Kolkata West International City Chapter
6: Concluding Remarks, Glossary of Terms, List of Abbreviations,
Bibliography, Index.
Introduction Scope of the Book Analytical Framework The Concept of the
State in India Socialism, Communism and Marxism Data Sources Organisation
of the Book Chapter 2: Colonising 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 City of Palaces Kolkata's Transformation to 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 87 The Rise of the
British and Demise of other European Settlements around Kolkata 88 Haora's
Urbanism 93 Chapter 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 Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata Victoria Memorial
Hall: Neo-Classical Revival in Kolkata 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 Source
of Diseas The Calcutta Improvement Trust and E. P. Richards's Plan for
Kolkata Sir Patrick Geddes's Plan for Burra Bazaar Racial Segregation
Municipal Administration in Kolkata and Expansion of its Boundaries Haora's
Transformation to Coolie Town Chapter 4: Decolonising Kolkata: From an
American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City 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 a Post-Colonial
Planning: An Overview The Initial Acts of Decolonisation 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 Continuation of Colonial Legacy in the
Immediate Post-Colonial Period Western Discourse on Kolkata and Advent of
Western Planning Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation (CMPO) and the
Export of American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata The Fear of Communism and
Formation of KMDA Infiltration of Grassroots Space by CPI-M and Its Allies
New Towns around Kolkata Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism Chapter 5:
Globalising Kolkata: A Late Bloomer Emergence of New Market-Driven
Architectural Forms in India Why Kolkata Became a Late Bloomer Making
Kolkata Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and Proposal to Remove
Rickshaw Pullers Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left
Front Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative
Structure Liberalisation and the Changing Role of KMDA and KMC 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 Emergence of New
Planning Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships
Rajarahat Haora's Global Urbanism Kolkata West International City Chapter
6: Concluding Remarks, Glossary of Terms, List of Abbreviations,
Bibliography, Index.
Acknowledgement, Dedication, List of Illustrations, Chapter 1: Overture
Introduction Scope of the Book Analytical Framework The Concept of the
State in India Socialism, Communism and Marxism Data Sources Organisation
of the Book Chapter 2: Colonising 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 City of Palaces Kolkata's Transformation to 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 87 The Rise of the
British and Demise of other European Settlements around Kolkata 88 Haora's
Urbanism 93 Chapter 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 Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata Victoria Memorial
Hall: Neo-Classical Revival in Kolkata 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 Source
of Diseas The Calcutta Improvement Trust and E. P. Richards's Plan for
Kolkata Sir Patrick Geddes's Plan for Burra Bazaar Racial Segregation
Municipal Administration in Kolkata and Expansion of its Boundaries Haora's
Transformation to Coolie Town Chapter 4: Decolonising Kolkata: From an
American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City 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 a Post-Colonial
Planning: An Overview The Initial Acts of Decolonisation 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 Continuation of Colonial Legacy in the
Immediate Post-Colonial Period Western Discourse on Kolkata and Advent of
Western Planning Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation (CMPO) and the
Export of American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata The Fear of Communism and
Formation of KMDA Infiltration of Grassroots Space by CPI-M and Its Allies
New Towns around Kolkata Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism Chapter 5:
Globalising Kolkata: A Late Bloomer Emergence of New Market-Driven
Architectural Forms in India Why Kolkata Became a Late Bloomer Making
Kolkata Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and Proposal to Remove
Rickshaw Pullers Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left
Front Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative
Structure Liberalisation and the Changing Role of KMDA and KMC 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 Emergence of New
Planning Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships
Rajarahat Haora's Global Urbanism Kolkata West International City Chapter
6: Concluding Remarks, Glossary of Terms, List of Abbreviations,
Bibliography, Index.
Introduction Scope of the Book Analytical Framework The Concept of the
State in India Socialism, Communism and Marxism Data Sources Organisation
of the Book Chapter 2: Colonising 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 City of Palaces Kolkata's Transformation to 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 87 The Rise of the
British and Demise of other European Settlements around Kolkata 88 Haora's
Urbanism 93 Chapter 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 Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata Victoria Memorial
Hall: Neo-Classical Revival in Kolkata 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 Source
of Diseas The Calcutta Improvement Trust and E. P. Richards's Plan for
Kolkata Sir Patrick Geddes's Plan for Burra Bazaar Racial Segregation
Municipal Administration in Kolkata and Expansion of its Boundaries Haora's
Transformation to Coolie Town Chapter 4: Decolonising Kolkata: From an
American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City 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 a Post-Colonial
Planning: An Overview The Initial Acts of Decolonisation 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 Continuation of Colonial Legacy in the
Immediate Post-Colonial Period Western Discourse on Kolkata and Advent of
Western Planning Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation (CMPO) and the
Export of American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata The Fear of Communism and
Formation of KMDA Infiltration of Grassroots Space by CPI-M and Its Allies
New Towns around Kolkata Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism Chapter 5:
Globalising Kolkata: A Late Bloomer Emergence of New Market-Driven
Architectural Forms in India Why Kolkata Became a Late Bloomer Making
Kolkata Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and Proposal to Remove
Rickshaw Pullers Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left
Front Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative
Structure Liberalisation and the Changing Role of KMDA and KMC 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 Emergence of New
Planning Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships
Rajarahat Haora's Global Urbanism Kolkata West International City Chapter
6: Concluding Remarks, Glossary of Terms, List of Abbreviations,
Bibliography, Index.