Description
| Product ID: | 9789462981119 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | NL |
| Series: | Asian Cities |
| Title: | Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata |
| Subtitle: | From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City |
| Authors: | Author: Siddhartha Sen |
| Page Count: | 292 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Social and cultural history, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Social & cultural history, Urban & municipal planning, India, 20th century, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The richly illustrated bookk carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata offers an extended analysis of the architecture and urban planning of Kolkata from the earliest days of colonialism through independence and on into the twenty-first century, all set in the larger context of Indian cities’ architecture and urban planning. What Siddhartha Sen shows is the transformation of a colonial city into a Marxist one — and ongoing attempts to further transform Kolkata into a global city. Richly illustrated, the book carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata’s political economy and social milieu. |
| Imprint Name: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-06-16 |