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A joint enterprise : Indian elites and the making of British Bombay
It was the era of the Raj, and yet the native communities had an unexpected role in the transformation of the urban fabric of British Bombay from 1854 to 1918. This book demonstrates how British Bombay was a collaboration of the colonial government and the Indian and European mercantile and industri...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minn. ; London
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2011
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| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816670369.001.0001 |
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A joint enterprise Rezensiert in: Preeti CHOPRA, A Joint Enterprise: Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. xxiv + 296 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8166-7036-9 (hbk.); 978-0-8166-7036-9 (pbk.). 82.50 (hbk.) / 27.50 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Preeti Chopra |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture |
| Summary: | It was the era of the Raj, and yet the native communities had an unexpected role in the transformation of the urban fabric of British Bombay from 1854 to 1918. This book demonstrates how British Bombay was a collaboration of the colonial government and the Indian and European mercantile and industrial elite who shaped the city to serve their combined interests. It shows how the European and Indian engineers, architects, and artists worked with each other to design a city - its infrastructure, architecture, public sculpture - that was literally constructed by Indian labourers and craftsmen. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxiv, 293 p.)) |
| ISBN: | 9781452947105 |
