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Bazaars and Urbanity of Early Colonial Calcutta, 1760-1830
Power, Profit and Patronage
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Calcuttaâs beginnings and subsequent growth as a city can be attributed to a large extent to the network of bazaars that came into being within its urban space in the late 18th century and early years of the 19th century. The bazaar came to acquire a dynamism that went beyond mere commercial importance. It imbibed identities that at once acted as stimulus for urban growth, and provided their owners with a space which could be turned into a veritable landlordism within the city limits. The social geography of the bazaars, with respect to its owners and the bazaar people, the traders and the vendors, is thus an engaging study that throws light on Calcuttaâs society of the time as well. The emergence of these bazaars in the period concerned is thus of immense significance and deserves a great deal of attention that they have never received before.
Dr. Shrimoyee Guha Thakurta (nee Basu) is currently Associate Professor in the Department of History, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, India. She graduated in History from Presidency College, Kolkata and completed her M.A. in History from the University of Calcutta.A Charles Wallace Fellow, she was awarded her PhD also from the University of Calcutta. Her research interests include urban history, socio-economic and cultural aspects of colonial Calcutta and the bazaars of early colonial Calcutta.
Acknowledgements
List of Maps, Figure and Tables
Introduction
1 The Making of Early Colonial Calcutta: Traditional Urbanism, Bazaars and the English Company
2 The City Takes Shape: through the Lens of Cartographic and Literary Impressions
3 Company Bazaars: a Study in Public Revenue
4 Private Bazaars: Property, Profit and Power in Early Colonial Calcutta
5 The Bazaar Owners: Power and Patronage in Calcutta Neighbourhoods
6 The Bazaar People: Class and Occupation in the Making of Plebeian Calcutta
Conclusions: The Bazaars of CalcuttaâContinuity and Change
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
List of Maps, Figure and Tables
Introduction
1 The Making of Early Colonial Calcutta: Traditional Urbanism, Bazaars and the English Company
2 The City Takes Shape: through the Lens of Cartographic and Literary Impressions
3 Company Bazaars: a Study in Public Revenue
4 Private Bazaars: Property, Profit and Power in Early Colonial Calcutta
5 The Bazaar Owners: Power and Patronage in Calcutta Neighbourhoods
6 The Bazaar People: Class and Occupation in the Making of Plebeian Calcutta
Conclusions: The Bazaars of CalcuttaâContinuity and Change
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Anyone interested in colonial urbanism and socio-economic developments in South Asia in the 18th century.