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Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata: From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City: 5 (Asian Cities) - Hardcover

Sen, Siddhartha

 
9789462981119: Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata: From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City: 5 (Asian Cities)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9462981116 ISBN 13: 9789462981119
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Siddhartha Sen is the Interim Assistant Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and the Director of Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore, USA. He is a recognized scholar on Indian urbanization and the nonprofit sector in India.

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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.

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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 Kolkatas political economy and social milieu.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9462981116
ISBN 13 
9789462981119
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
290