Kaustubh Mani Sengupta
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4170707 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kaustubh Mani Sengupta |
| PRENOMES | Kaustubh Mani |
| SOBRENOME | Sengupta |
| ASSINATURA | SENGUPTA K M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Bankura University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1712-4275 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Land, property relations, and urban planning
This article looks at the recent scholarship on urban property in colonial India. Histories of cities of British India have been dominated by issues of racial segregation, discourse of planning, ways of social control as well as negotiation and resistance of the indigenous population in fashioning the urban space. The new scholarship brings in economic considerations of the state and the private actors squarely to the foreground to argue that lan…
Rethinking the Local in Indian History
William Tolly and His Canal
This article studies the making of one particular canal in the port-city of Calcutta during the early years of English East India Company rule in Bengal. Major Tolly, a Company-servant, proposed to undertake the arduous task of opening up a navigable route connecting Calcutta with the eastern districts of the province for better trade and communication facilities. In the process, he was hopeful of making a good fortune for himself as well. But th…
Community and Neighbourhood in a Colonial City
This article on the history of neighbourhoods ( para) of colonial Calcutta considers the processes through which this peculiar spatial unit emerged in the colonial city, where community identities were fostered as well as contested. Seen as a place, a secured, stable location which helped in forming the community in an alien atmosphere, the para was a liminal space, neither a purely affective unit nor an administrative category, and neither a pur…
The New Fort William and the Dockyard
In this article I will try to show how certain schemes of infrastructural development of a space often do not produce the desired effect, but instead set in motion a whole range of activities that brings forth a range of other issues. Through the study of the building of the New Fort William and the project of construction of a dockyard in Calcutta in the second half of the eighteenth century, I intend to focus on some of the key issues that shed…
Bazaars, landlords and the Company government in late eighteenth-century Calcutta
This article focuses on the bazaars of Calcutta in the late eighteenth century to bring out the tussle between the Company and the landowners over issues of land and customary collection. The debate regarding the bazaar reveals the concerns of the Company about rent and tax. Who had the right to tax, the individual proprietor of the land or the state? What were the limits of landowners’ rights? These questions, I suggest, were linked to deeper de…
Community and Neighbourhood in a Colonial City
This article on the history of neighbourhoods ( para) of colonial Calcutta considers the processes through which this peculiar spatial unit emerged in the colonial city, where community identities were fostered as well as contested. Seen as a place, a secured, stable location which helped in forming the community in an alien atmosphere, the para was a liminal space, neither a purely affective unit nor an administrative category, and neither a pur…
The New Fort William and the Dockyard
In this article I will try to show how certain schemes of infrastructural development of a space often do not produce the desired effect, but instead set in motion a whole range of activities that brings forth a range of other issues. Through the study of the building of the New Fort William and the project of construction of a dockyard in Calcutta in the second half of the eighteenth century, I intend to focus on some of the key issues that shed…
Land, property relations, and urban planning
This article looks at the recent scholarship on urban property in colonial India. Histories of cities of British India have been dominated by issues of racial segregation, discourse of planning, ways of social control as well as negotiation and resistance of the indigenous population in fashioning the urban space. The new scholarship brings in economic considerations of the state and the private actors squarely to the foreground to argue that lan…
Bazaars, landlords and the Company government in late eighteenth-century Calcutta
This article focuses on the bazaars of Calcutta in the late eighteenth century to bring out the tussle between the Company and the landowners over issues of land and customary collection. The debate regarding the bazaar reveals the concerns of the Company about rent and tax. Who had the right to tax, the individual proprietor of the land or the state? What were the limits of landowners’ rights? These questions, I suggest, were linked to deeper de…
The New Fort William and the Dockyard
In this article I will try to show how certain schemes of infrastructural development of a space often do not produce the desired effect, but instead set in motion a whole range of activities that brings forth a range of other issues. Through the study of the building of the New Fort William and the project of construction of a dockyard in Calcutta in the second half of the eighteenth century, I intend to focus on some of the key issues that shed…
Community and Neighbourhood in a Colonial City
This article on the history of neighbourhoods ( para) of colonial Calcutta considers the processes through which this peculiar spatial unit emerged in the colonial city, where community identities were fostered as well as contested. Seen as a place, a secured, stable location which helped in forming the community in an alien atmosphere, the para was a liminal space, neither a purely affective unit nor an administrative category, and neither a pur…
Rethinking the Local in Indian History
William Tolly and His Canal
This article studies the making of one particular canal in the port-city of Calcutta during the early years of English East India Company rule in Bengal. Major Tolly, a Company-servant, proposed to undertake the arduous task of opening up a navigable route connecting Calcutta with the eastern districts of the province for better trade and communication facilities. In the process, he was hopeful of making a good fortune for himself as well. But th…
Land, property relations, and urban planning
This article looks at the recent scholarship on urban property in colonial India. Histories of cities of British India have been dominated by issues of racial segregation, discourse of planning, ways of social control as well as negotiation and resistance of the indigenous population in fashioning the urban space. The new scholarship brings in economic considerations of the state and the private actors squarely to the foreground to argue that lan…
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