The richly illustrated book carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu.
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.
Acknowledgement, Dedication, List of Illustrations,
Chapter 1: Overture
Introduction Scope of the Book Analytical Framework The Concept of the State
in India Socialism, Communism and Marxism Data Sources Organisation of the
Book
Chapter 2: Colonising Kolkata: From a City of Huts to a City of Palaces
Founding of Kolkata Kolkata's Early Urbanism Spatial Restructuring of Kolkata
and the Emergence of Social and Political Control as the Dominant Planning
Paradigm City of Palaces Kolkata's Transformation to City of Palaces
Emergence of Architecture as a Symbol of Power Creating a Healthier and
Beautiful City for the British: Emergence of a New Paradigm for Planning
Early Municipal Administration in Kolkata 87 The Rise of the British and
Demise of other European Settlements around Kolkata 88 Haora's Urbanism 93
Chapter 3: Building a Neo-Classical, Beautiful, and Clean City: The Rise and
Decline of British Imperial Urbanism Consolidation of British Power: Making
Kolkata a Neo-Classical City The Neo-Classical Architectural Influence on the
Bengali Elite Orientalist Discourse on Architecture and Kolkata The Absence
of Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata Victoria Memorial Hall: Neo-Classical
Revival in Kolkata Modern Indian Architecture Movement Limited Modernism in
Kolkata Transforming Kolkata into a Cleaner and Healthier City for the
British Shifting the Discourse to Bustees as Source of Diseas The Calcutta
Improvement Trust and E. P. Richards's Plan for Kolkata Sir Patrick Geddes's
Plan for Burra Bazaar Racial Segregation Municipal Administration in Kolkata
and Expansion of its Boundaries Haora's Transformation to Coolie Town
Chapter
4: Decolonising Kolkata: From an American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City
Chandigarh: A Defining Moment in India's Search for Post-Colonial Urbanism
Revivalist Architecture and the Search for Post-Colonial Architectural
Identity Lack of a Search for Post-Colonial Architecture in Kolkata In Search
of a Post-Colonial Planning: An Overview The Initial Acts of Decolonisation
in Kolkata Material Legacies of Colonial Planning and Kolkata's Post-Colonial
Urban Problems Political Economy of Post-Colonial Kolkata and its Urban
Problems Administrative Structure and Continuation of Colonial Legacy in the
Immediate Post-Colonial Period Western Discourse on Kolkata and Advent of
Western Planning Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation (CMPO) and the
Export of American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata The Fear of Communism and
Formation of KMDA Infiltration of Grassroots Space by CPI-M and Its Allies
New Towns around Kolkata Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism
Chapter 5:
Globalising Kolkata: A Late Bloomer Emergence of New Market-Driven
Architectural Forms in India Why Kolkata Became a Late Bloomer Making Kolkata
Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and Proposal to Remove Rickshaw
Pullers Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left Front
Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative
Structure Liberalisation and the Changing Role of KMDA and KMC Kolkata's
Private Townships and Gated Communities: Emergence of Real Estate-Driven
Development Kolkata's Office Buildings for the Service and Financial Sectors,
SEZs, and IT Parks and Complexes Shopping Malls Emergence of New Planning
Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships Rajarahat Haora's
Global Urbanism Kolkata West International City
Chapter 6: Concluding
Remarks, Glossary of Terms, List of Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index.
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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