A happy confluence of planning and statistics
Bombay and Calcutta in the 1901 census
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9286258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Harris (0000-0001-7943-9005, McMaster University, corresponding author), Robert Lewis (0000-0003-3871-4941, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-138 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Planning Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-5433 • E-ISSN: 1466-4518 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02665433.2012.737245 |
| OpenAlex | W2008429862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
In India in 1901, a rare statistical event occurred. A confluence of interests gave a group of nascent planners new influence over the conduct of a census, with the result being a rich body of published information for Bombay and Calcutta. Useful in its day, this material now offers exceptional insights into social conditions, and the concerns of planners, in two great colonial cities. Having sketched the confluence of interests, this research note outlines the nature of the evidence that it produced and illustrates how it may be used by historical scholars, with particular reference to Bombay. The 1901 census can provide documentation of land use, living conditions, and the social geography of the city at a geographical scale that is finer than that of any other published census of the period
Archaeology · Cartography · Census · Colonialism · Confluence · Documentation · Geography · Population · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Demography · History · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
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Race, sex, and class under the Raj
Rule of Experts
A Century of Census Tracts
Colonial modernism and the flawed paradigms of urban renewal
Numbers didn't count
Housing the Poor in a Colonial City
Segregation and the Social Relations of Place, Bombay, 1890–1910
Whose responsibility? Dilemmas of Calcutta's bustee policy in the nineteenth century
Of Planting and Planning
Bombay in Transition
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |