Claiming the City: Protest, Crime, and Scandals in Colonial Calcutta, C. 1860-1920

This Study On Colonial Calcutta Charts The History Of Its Urbanization From Below In Its Streets, Strikes And Popular Urban Cultures. It Offers A Close Up View Of The City's Underbelly By Drawing On A Range Of Non-archival Sources, From Illustrations And Amateur Photographs To Street Songs, Local Histories And Memoirs Which Show How Calcutta Was Not Just A Problem To Be Disciplined And Governed As The Colonialists Would Have Us Believe. Instead, It Emerges As A Remarkably Lively And Crucial Site For The Shaping Of A Discourse Of Rights And Claims To The City By Various Marginal Urban Groups. Anindita Ghosh. This Edition Previously Issued In Print: 2016. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.