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BOMBAY: THENEnriched with in-depth historical research and exclusive photographs, Bombay: Then documents the transformation of the once ‘insignificant cluster of islets’ into one of the most exciting spots for cultural exchange in South Asia. Among other views, the book illustrates the Mankeshwar temple and the Rajabai Clock Tower wrapped in scaffolding; the construction of Victoria Dock and the opening of its massive underwater gates; a lush and ...
This volume, third in the series on Bombay, or Mumbai brings together essays that treat the renaming of the city as a point of departure in visiting enduring themes in Bombay's life. As Bombay explodes into the Megapolis of Mumbai, the volume examines whether the transition is merely in the name or if it has larger implications for the city's growth - in terms of an enormous expansion in size, diversity, population and function. The essays collected here offer ...
Felice A. Beato features in most nineteenth century histories of photography as one of its pioneers, partly because of his adventurous subject-matter. He was at Crimea in 1856 and in India in January 1858 to record the last embers of the ‘Mutiny’ of 1857. In 1860 he proceeded to China where he recorded more British military exploits and, after spending some years in Japan, moved to Burma, where he died around 1908. By the ...
The essays in this volume revisit the city of Mumbai and the many facets of its political life from the 1880s to the 2000s. They trace the metamorphosis of Mumbai from a colonial port city under foreign rule into a metropolis and the prime commercial centre in independent India. Mumbai's urban transition and its dramatic and continuing change in physical shape and urban morphology form the backdrop for these essays. The volume deals with varying themes--from ...