Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata

From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City

Siddhartha Sen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Amsterdam University Press

Published:16th Jun '17

Should be back in stock very soon

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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.

ISBN: 9789462981119

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292 pages