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Introduction Scope of the Book |
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The Concept of the State in India |
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31 | (1) |
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Socialism, Communism, and Marxism |
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32 | (3) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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From a City of Huts to a City of Palaces Founding of Kolkata |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (10) |
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Spatial Restructuring of Kolkata and the Emergence of Social and Political Control as the Dominant Planning Paradigm |
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50 | (4) |
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Kolkata's Transformation to a City of Palaces |
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54 | (5) |
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Emergence of Architecture as a Symbol of Power |
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59 | (8) |
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Creating a Healthier and Beautiful City for the British: Emergence of a New Paradigm for Planning |
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67 | (4) |
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Early Municipal Administration in Kolkata |
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71 | (1) |
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The Rise of the British and the Demise of Other European Settlements around Kolkata |
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72 | (4) |
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76 | (1) |
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3 Building a Neo-Classical, Beautiful, and Clean City |
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77 | (56) |
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The Rise and Decline of British Imperial Urbanism Consolidation of British Power: Making Kolkata a Neo-Classical City |
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77 | (7) |
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The Neo-Classical Architectural Influence on the Bengali Elite |
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84 | (6) |
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Orientalist Discourse on Architecture and Kolkata |
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90 | (1) |
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The Absence of the Indo-Saracenic Style in Kolkata |
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91 | (7) |
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Victoria Memorial Hall: Neo-Classical Revival in Kolkata |
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98 | (4) |
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The Modern Indian Architecture Movement |
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102 | (2) |
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Limited Modernism in Kolkata |
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104 | (1) |
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Transforming Kolkata into a Cleaner and Healthier City for the British |
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105 | (9) |
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Shifting the Discourse to Bustees as a Source of Disease |
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114 | (2) |
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The Calcutta Improvement Trust and E.P. Richards's Plan for Kolkata |
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116 | (4) |
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Sir Patrick Geddes's Plan for the Burra Bazaar |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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Municipal Administration in Kolkata and the Expansion of Its Boundaries |
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123 | (4) |
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Haora's Transformation to a Coolie Town |
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127 | (6) |
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133 | (58) |
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From an American Planning Paradigm to a Marxist City Chandigarh: A Defining Moment in India's Search for Post-Colonial Urbanism |
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133 | (3) |
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Revivalist Architecture and the Search for Post-Colonial Architectural Identity |
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136 | (3) |
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Lack of a Search for Post-Colonial Architecture in Kolkata |
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139 | (15) |
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In Search of Post-Colonial Planning: An Overview |
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154 | (2) |
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The Initial Acts of Decolonization in Kolkata |
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156 | (2) |
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Material Legacies of Colonial Planning and Kolkata's Post-Colonial Urban Problems |
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158 | (1) |
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Political Economy of Post-Colonial Kolkata and Its Urban Problems |
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159 | (5) |
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Administrative Structure and the Continuation of the Colonial Legacy in the Immediate Post-Colonial Period |
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164 | (2) |
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Western Discourse on Kolkata and the Advent of Western Planning |
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166 | (1) |
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The Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation and the Export of the American Planning Paradigm to Kolkata |
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166 | (3) |
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The Fear of Communism and the Formation of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority |
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169 | (5) |
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Political Climate and Municipal Reform |
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174 | (3) |
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The Infiltration of the Grassroots Space by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Its Allies |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (1) |
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Haora's Post-Colonial Urbanism |
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182 | (9) |
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191 | (42) |
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A Late Bloomer Emergence of New Market-Driven Architectural Forms in India |
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191 | (2) |
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Why Kolkata Was a Late Bloomer |
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193 | (2) |
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Making Kolkata Attractive to Capital: Operation Sunshine and the Proposal to Remove Rickshaw Pullers |
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195 | (2) |
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Singur and Nandigram: The Changing Priorities of the Left Front |
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197 | (1) |
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Kolkata's Population Growth, Territorial Changes, and Administrative Structure |
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198 | (3) |
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Liberalization and the Changing Role of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
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201 | (3) |
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Kolkata's Private Townships and Gated Communities: Emergence of Real Estate-Driven Development |
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204 | (5) |
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Kolkata's Office Buildings for the Service and Financial Sectors, SEZs, and IT Parks and Complexes |
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209 | (6) |
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215 | (5) |
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Emergence of New Planning Paradigms: State-Regulated Townships and Private Townships |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (4) |
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226 | (2) |
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Kolkata West International City |
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228 | (5) |
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233 | (12) |
| Glossary |
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245 | (2) |
| List of Abbreviations |
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247 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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249 | (14) |
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