Urbanisation in Bengal : ideas, institutions and policies / edited by Pallavi Chakravarty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chakravarty, Pallavi, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--India--Bengal.

Urbanization.

Bengal (India)--Social conditions.

Bengal (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 238 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Contents:

Early historic urbanization in Bengal : Bangarh, a case study / Chirantani Das

Cities of the mind : representing the urban in colonial Bengal / Kaustubh Mani Sengupta

Popular print culture in the late 19th and early 20th century Calcutta / Shrobona Banerjee

Breaking barriers : women's movement and writings from late colonial Bengal / Nilanjana Paul

Struggle for space : Bengali women and urbanization of colonial Calcutta / Ata Mallick

The politics of census : Bengal and the 1941 Population Enumeration / Subhasri Ghosh

From refugees to citizens popular protests In West Bengal 1947-60 / Sutapa Dasgupta

Carrying on the 'rural home' in the midst of the 'urban jungle' : refugee colonies in the post-partitioned Calcutta / Anindita Ghoshal and Urvi Mukhopadhyay

'Refugee-woman' in post-partition Bengal : a critical re-assessment of their roles and image / Pallavi Chakravarty

Industrialization, migration and (un)making of a city : Durgapur experience / Abhinandan Das.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Urbanisation in Bengal

ISBN:

9781003495512 (electronic bk.)

1003495516 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032424875

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.