Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone: Histories of Difference, Migrancy and Dwelling in Kolkata

This book explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture and cultural modernity in Kolkata from the early colonial period to the beginning of the era of India’s economic liberalization. It charts how these themes were manifest in what was an important ‘contact zone’ in the history of globalization and the modern city.

Drawing on a wide range of resources and representations, from urban plans and archit...