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New Delhi : the last imperial city / David A. Johnson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, David A., 1965- author.
- Series:
- Britain and the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Political aspects.
- History.
- Architecture.
- Public spaces.
- Politics and culture.
- Imperialism--Social aspects.
- Imperialism.
- New Delhi (India)--History--20th century.
- New Delhi (India).
- Imperialism--Social aspects--India--New Delhi--History--20th century.
- New Delhi (India)--Colonial influence--History--20th century.
- Politics and culture--India--New Delhi--History--20th century.
- Public spaces--India--New Delhi--History--20th century.
- Architecture--Political aspects--India--New Delhi--History--20th century.
- New Delhi (India)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- New Delhi (India)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- Social change--India--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- India--New Delhi.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 261 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Summary:
- "In New Delhi : The Last Imperial City, Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. India's changed political conditions, exacerbated by previous colonial policies like the partition of Bengal, demanded a new approach to an India which was undergoing tremendous political, social, and economic transformations caused by its long interactions with Britain. At this critical moment and as the pre-eminent symbol of British imperial rule in India, New Delhi crucially displayed a double narrative of promised liberation and continued colonial dependence. This message, rich in ambiguity, created tension between a government intent on satisfying Indian demands for political reform with its equally important need to maintain absolute authority. Britain's last imperial capital in South Asia represented a new model of imperial hegemony based not simply on coercion but on Indian consent to further colonial rule"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Seeing Like a (Colonial) State"
- The Transfer of Britain's Imperial Capital : "A Bold Stroke of Statesmanship"
- New Delhi's New Vision for a New Raj : An "Altar of Humanity"
- Colonial Finance and the Building of New Delhi : The High Cost of Reform
- Competing Visions of Empire in the Colonial Built Environment
- Hardinge's Imperial Delhi Committee and His Architectural Board : The Perfect Building Establishment for the Perfect Colonial Capital
- The Cultural Politics of Colonial Space : "A New Jewel in an Old Setting"
- Land Acquisition, Landlessness, and the Building of New Delhi
- The Inauguration of New Delhi, 1931 : A British Empire for the Twentieth Century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137469861
- 1137469862
- OCLC:
- 891610566
- Online:
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