The present book is a story of three roads of Calcutta which at various historical stages had produced diverse political and socio-economic currents, and led to the growth of institutions that had shaped the minds of Calcutta's citizens.
The present book is a story of three roads of Calcutta which at various historical stages had produced diverse political and socio-economic currents, and led to the growth of institutions that had shaped the minds of Calcutta's citizens.
Sumanta Banerjee is a historian, journalist, and cultural theorist. He worked with the Statesman in Calcutta and New Delhi from 1962 till 1973, and was later a fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Delhi, and the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. His previous publications include The Parlour and the Streets: Elite and Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Calcutta (1989), Dangerous Outcast: The Prostitute in Nineteenth Century Bengal (1998), and The Wicked City: Crime and Punishment in Colonial Calcutta (2009).
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List of Maps viii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning of a City: Calcutta and Its Roads 18 2: A Tale of Three Towns: Black, White, and South 37 3: Bagbazar Street: The Grandmother 81 4: Theatre Road: The Midwife 114 5: Rashbehari Avenue: The Bengali Middle-Class Homemaker 134 Conclusion: Towards a Future Megalopolis 155 Select Bibliography 165 Index 169 About the Author 176
List of Maps viii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1: Colonial and Postcolonial Planning of a City: Calcutta and Its Roads 18 2: A Tale of Three Towns: Black, White, and South 37 3: Bagbazar Street: The Grandmother 81 4: Theatre Road: The Midwife 114 5: Rashbehari Avenue: The Bengali Middle-Class Homemaker 134 Conclusion: Towards a Future Megalopolis 155 Select Bibliography 165 Index 169 About the Author 176
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