Lc Classification Number
Ds486.C2
Reviews
Banerjee's evocative phrase - "every road has a life of its own" (p. 13), reminds us to diligently filter minute details from a range of sources - literary to street directories - to include both elites and subalterns. The sources help construct the past, which if only accessed through official archival material would have dulled the vibrant hues of the past and the present, the social and the political, which Memoirs of Roads absorbingly offers., "Banerjee's evocative phrase - "every road has a life of its own" (p. 13), reminds us to diligently filter minute details from a range of sources - literary to street directories - to include both elites and subalterns. The sources help construct the past, which if only accessed through official archival material would have dulled the vibrant hues of the past and the present, the social and the political, which Memoirs of Roads absorbingly offers." -- Nitin Sinha, H-Soz-Kult
Table of Content
List of Maps viiiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11. Colonial and Postcolonial Planning of a City: Calcutta and Its Roads 182. A Tale of Three Towns: Black, White, and South 373. Bagbazar Street: The Grandmother 814. Theatre Road: The Midwife 1145. Rashbehari Avenue: The Bengali Middle-Class Homemaker 134Conclusion: Towards a Future Megalopolis 155Select Bibliography 165Index 169About the Author 176
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
Civilization, Civil / Highway & Traffic, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, Asia / India & South Asia, World / Asian, Modern / 17th Century
Lccn
2017-301906
Dewey Decimal
954.147
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science
