Calcutta - The Living City: Volume I: The Past: 001 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0195625854 ISBN 13: 9780195625851

Casa editrice: OUP India, 1990

Riassunto

Written by Calcutta's most noted scholars, writers, and artists, these lavishly illustrated books celebrate the tercentenary of India's most vibrant city. There are essays on the history, economy, art, music, literature, and cinema of Calcutta, while the people, places, and institutions that have shaped this teeming city over three centuries are brought to life in a series of fascinating portraits.

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Volume I: The Past: Calcutta: The name; The site of Calcutta; Before Calcutta; Job charnock; The growth and development of Old Calcutta; Kalighat; Chitpur; Calcutta and the current of History, 1690-1912; British life in Old Calcutta; The Jews of Calcutta; The Armenians in Calcutta; The 'Great Houses'; Jarasanko and the Thakur family; The lost world of the Babus; The common man of Calcutta; Education in Old Calcutta; The Bengal Renaissance; Literature and literary life; Calcutta in the nineteenth century literature; Printing and publishing; Art in Old Calcutta: Indian style; Western style; Architecture, 1690-1903; The Marble Palace; Music in Old Calcutta; Old Calcutta theatre; Scientific studies: The colonial period; Calcutta's economy 1690-1921; Civic and public services; The Calcutta police; The industrial archaeology of Calcutta; The Victoria Memorial

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• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0195625854
• ISBN 13: 9780195625851
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 292
• Redattore: Chaudhuri Sukanta