Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
THE CALCUTTA REVIEW VOL. III JANUARY-JUNE, 1845
Author: Calcutta Review
Author: The Calcutta Review
Author: THE CALCUTTA REVIEW. VOL. XXX JANUARY-JUNE 1858
Author: Dewan Ramcomul Sen and His Times
Author: Pradyot Kumar RayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
On the life of Ramcomul Sen, 1783-1844, and his contribution to the culture and intellectual life in Bengal.
Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta
Author: Debjani BhattacharyyaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Explores how the British Empire responded to the environmental challenges of the world's largest tidal delta.
Report of the Trustees of the Australian Museum for the Year Ended 30 June ...
Author: Australian MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Making of an Ethnic Group
Author: Dorris West GoodrichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eurasians
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The Urban Experience, Calcutta
Author: Nisith Ranjan RayPublisher: Calcutta : Riddhi-India
ISBN:
Category : Calcutta (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Festschrift honoring Nisītha Rañjana Rāẏa, Indian historian; comprises articles, most on the history of Calcutta City, West Bengal.
Empire Building
Author: Rosie Llewellyn-JonesPublisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9357082271
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Empire Building is a new account of the East India Company's impact on India, focusing on how it changed the subcontinent's built environment in the context of defence, urbanisation and infrastructural development. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines these initiatives through a lens of 'political building' (using Indian contractors and labourers). Railways, docks, municipal buildings, Freemasons' lodges, hotels, racecourses, barracks, cemeteries, statues and canals-everything the British erected made a political statement, even if unconsciously. Hence this book is concerned less with architectural styles, more with subtle infiltration into the minds of those who saw and used these structures. It assesses, in turn, Indian responses to the changing landscape. Indians often reacted favourably to new manufacturing technologies from Britain, such as minting and gunpowder, while the British learnt from and adapted local methods. From military engineers and cartography to imported raw metals and steam power, Llewellyn-Jones considers the social and environmental changes wrought by colonialism. This period was marked by a shift from formerly private, Indian-controlled functions, such as education, entertainment, trading and healing, to British public institutions such as universities, theatres, chambers of commerce and hospitals. Stepping aside from ongoing colonialism debates, this is a fascinating account of India's physical transformation during the Company period.
