Urbanization in India During the British Period (1857–1947)

Urbanization in India During the British Period (1857–1947)
Author: Dipsikha Sahoo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000196364

Urban history is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field of research. The rate of urban growth in the twentieth century has also stimulated interest in the city as an object of socio-historical inquiry. Some historical studies on individual Indian cities like Bombay, Calcutta, Cawnpore, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Surat and Madras have primarily explored the growth of urban centres by tracing their histories under colonial rule. This study offers a macro picture of the urban process under British administration, giving an understanding of how colonial capitalism shaped and imposed urban patterns in India. It contextualizes the urbanization of India in the world capitalist system of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, explaining the multifaceted historical conditions in 1857, just before the imposition of direct Crown rule. Sahoo examines the socio-economic developments and demographic changes in India under British rule and analyzes the impact of the world capitalist economy, the pattern of urbanization under British rule, and the contribution of railways to urbanization. This volume is a profile of India’s primate cities, identifying the core, the periphery and the underdeveloped hinterlands.

An Economic History of India

An Economic History of India
Author: Dietmar Rothermund
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134879458

Much has been written on the Indian economy but this is the first major attempt to present India's economic history as a continuous process, and to place the development of agriculture, industry and currency in a political and historical context.

Mobilities in India

Mobilities in India
Author: Bhaswati Mondal
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2021-07-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030783502

This book presents commuting as a new paradigm in mobility studies in the context of global south. It delves into suburban train commuting in Eastern India. The book interprets commuting not only as a means to attend work but also as a process producing kinetic event-space infused with different mobile practices, which is not determined by their locational fixity, rather can be cognized. It analyses the role of suburban train commuting in the metropolitan expansion of Kolkata, and the transformation of rural space into urban. The significant contribution of the book lies in explaining commuters’ experiencescape and the production of spatial fluidity in time capsule through commuting. It also explores the subjective reality of gendered commuting. The book uses a trans-disciplinary research design, blending quantitative and ethnographic research methods. The area selected for the empirical research is the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Railway Line (108 km), the first suburban railway line in Eastern India. Commuters originating from three adjacent districts of Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly and Howrah took part in this research. Besides the commuters, non-commuting passengers and hawkers in the train were also interviewed to understand the diverse perceptions of the process of commuting. This book may be considered as a reference book for mobility studies, transport studies, urban geography and regional planning.

City Planning in India, 1947–2017

City Planning in India, 1947–2017
Author: Ashok Kumar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 100009121X

This book is a comprehensive history of city planning in post-independence India. It explores how the nature and orientation of city planning have evolved in India’s changing sociopolitical context over the past hundred or so years. The book situates India’s experience within a historical framework in order to illustrate continuities and disjunctions between the pre- and post-independent Indian laws, policies, and programs for city planning and development. It focuses on the development, scope, and significance of professional planning work in the midst of rapid economic transition, migration, social disparity, and environmental degradation. The volume also highlights the need for inclusive planning processes that can provide clean air, water, and community spaces to large, diverse, and fast growing communities. Detailed and insightful, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of public administration, civil engineering, architecture, geography, economics, and sociology. It will also be useful for policy makers and professionals working in the areas of town and country planning.

Hyderabad, British India, and the World

Hyderabad, British India, and the World
Author: Eric Lewis Beverley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2015-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107091195

A study of political possibilities in the era of modern imperialism, from the perspective of the sovereign state of Hyderabad.

2024-25 UKPSC General Studies Solved Papers

2024-25 UKPSC General Studies Solved Papers
Author: YCT Expert Team
Publisher: YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES
Total Pages: 450
Release:
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

2024-25 UKPSC General Studies Solved Papers 448 895 E. This book contains 62 sets solved papers and 6690 objective questions.

Contemporary India

Contemporary India
Author: Ganesh Ramrao Bhatkal
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788171545599

Collection of lectures delivered during 1975-1995 by various persons on education, socio-economics, and culture.

The Economic History of India, 1857-1947

The Economic History of India, 1857-1947
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book is a text for undergraduate students of economics. It is a balanced reference that reexamines the broad questions that drive the scholarship of colonial Indian history.

Evolution of Town Planning in Pakistan

Evolution of Town Planning in Pakistan
Author: Anis Ur Rahmaan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1524584827

The book describes the world’s oldest human settlements during the rather long and diversified sets of civilizations and cultural epochs in the regions, which are now situated within the territorial limits of Pakistan, and highlights three historical periods, namely (i) the age of neolithic settlements, (ii) the Indus Valley civilization, and (iii) the period of precolonial empires and kingdoms and against this backdrop deals with the human settlements of the colonial and postcolonial period in Pakistan. The main motivation for writing this book has been threefold. First, to increase the awareness among the current and prospective students of town planning in particular and the planners at large, in general, about the evolutionary process of town planning in Pakistan. Second, to identify some of the shortcomings, gaps, and overlapping in the process of planning and development of towns in Pakistan. And third, to emphasize the need to undertake further research about the various facets of the subject area. This book is a time series rather than a cross-sectional analysis of the Evolution of Town Planning in Pakistan. It attempts to highlight the various processes and geopolitical landmarks during the nine-thousand-years-long evolutionary processes of physical planning and development in the Indian subcontinent in general and those in Pakistan in particular. It traverses a long temporal and evolutionary progression of town planning processes in Pakistan. This book is a very modest effort to fill a huge gap and may even provide an incentive for the future planning historians and academicians to undertake more in-depth cross-sectional analysis of various processes comprehensively.