An Urban Historical Perspective for the Calcutta Tercentenary: Papers Presented at a Seminar at Victoria Memorial, Calcutta, 15-16 December 1988Hiren Chakrabarti |
Contents
Methods of Studying Urban History | 1 |
SocioEconomic Formations in Calcutta | 18 |
Renaissance Calcutta | 40 |
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19th century activities areas Asiatic Bengal bhadralok Bombay Brahmo Samaj British British Indian building Calcutta Calcutta Corporation called celebration Chamber Chandra Club College colonial Commerce considered continued Corporation course create cultivation culture early economic effective elite emerged empire English European fact families forces formed founded hand Hindu historians houses idea important income tax Indian Association institutions intellectual interests issues landlords language late learned limited linguistic literary literature lived maps means merchants middle class movement Muslim native organized past period person planning play political poor population present records reform religious renaissance reports result role rule School situation social Society speech successful Tagore tercentenary tion towns trade traditional types urban Victoria Memorial village visual wanted western Young