Imperial designs and Indian realities : the planning of Bombay City, 1845-1875

Author(s)

• Dossal, Mariam

Bibliographic Information

Imperial designs and Indian realities : the planning of Bombay City, 1845-1875

（Oxford India paperbacks）

Oxford University Press, 1996

Note

Originally published: 1991

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work analyses the development of Bombay from a small port-town into an important colonial port-city between 1845 and 1875. It graphically examines the drama which went into the making of Bombay, looking behind the actual events to plans, resources, controversies and opinions. This book contains 22 rare photographs as well as relevant maps and plans of Bombay city. This work is aimed at students of history, architects and urban planners, and general readers.

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Details

• NCID: BA45453362
• ISBN:
  • 0195631382
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bombay ; Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 272 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 307.121609547923
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : City planning -- India -- Bombay -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0711565X