Description: Joint Enterprise : Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay, Paperback by Chopra, Preeti, ISBN 0816670374, ISBN-13 9780816670376, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Colonial cities are often thought to singularly reflect the visions and needs of the colonial regimes that rule over them, but in this reconstruction of the transformation of the physical urbanity of Bombay (now Mumbai) from 1854 to 1918, Chopra (U. of Wisconsin--Madison) seeks to demonstrate that indigenous actors often played a major role in shaping urban design and form. British Bombay was a "joint enterprise" of colonial rulers and Indian and European mercantile and industrial elites seeking to shape the city to serve their interests, European and Indian collaborations in engineering and architecture, the influence of the Indian laborers and craftsmen who did the physical building, and joint financing by the colonial government and Indian philanthropists. She explores how this joint enterprise operated in the public realm by examining debates over architectural style in the public arena, the role of a specific prominent Indian architect and engineer in making British Bombay, the role of European and Indian social categories in structuring Bombay's hospitals and mental asylums, and the role of religion in the public urban landscape. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Joint Enterprise : Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay
Author: Chopra, Preeti
Language: English
