The Gasping City

An Environmental History of Calcutta, 1817-1923

Mahua Sarkar

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English

Primus Books
11 March 2024

Asian history; Social & cultural history; Urban communities; Environmental science, engineering & technology

The Gasping City explores the urban environment of colonial Calcutta from the perspective of science as 'knowledge', planning as 'development' and the response of the bhadralok and the bhadramahila to the development of the city. Beginning with the foundation of the Lottery Committee in 1817, the volume traces the urban expansion of Calcutta till the emergence of the Calcutta Improvement Trust in 1823. The research presented here, based on information from contemporary vernacular journals, to demonstrate the extent to which the colonized intelligentsia had internalized Western notions of health, sanitation and environment. The central question in this volume surrounds the contradiction in the trajectories of science and public health on one hand, and the growing environmental crises of colonial Calcutta on the other.

By: Mahua Sarkar
Imprint: Primus Books
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 150g
ISBN: 9789356870710
ISBN 10: 9356870713
Pages: 130
Publication Date: 11 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mahua Sarkar is Professor of History at Jadavpur University. She has previously served as Dean, Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University and ProVice-Chancellor of the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. She has published a monograph as well as numerous edited volumes and articles, many of which are on the social and intellectual history of Bengal. Her research interests lie in environmental history, and some of her popular works include Environment and History: Recent Dialogues and Environment and the Adivasi World.