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

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

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Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-22486-8 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
This study offers a macro picture of the urban process under the British administration, showing how colonial capitalism shaped and imposed urban patterns in India, and contextualizing India’s urbanization in the world capitalist system of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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.

Dipsikha Sahoo is an independent scholar who formerly worked as Assistant Professor in Sociology at Lovely Professional University and postdoctoral fellow at NCDS, Bhubaneswar.

1. Introduction 2. India During the East India Company’s Rule 3. Socio-Economic and Political Causes of Urbanization in India During the British Period 4. Pattern of Urbanization in India During the British Period 5. Contribution of Railways to Urbanization in India 6. Growth of Satellitic Primates and Other Major Cities in India 7. Conclusion

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Zusatzinfo 38 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10 0-367-22486-0 / 0367224860
ISBN-13 978-0-367-22486-8 / 9780367224868
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