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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (4): 776–778.
Published: 01 August 1966
...Wallace Reed Government in Calcutta: A Manual . By Mohit Bhattacharya , M. M. Singh and Frank J. Tysen . New York : Asia Publishing House for Institute of Public Administration , 1965 . xv, 238 . Maps, Charts, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. $6.50. Rural Self-Government...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (3): 741–743.
Published: 01 August 2013
...Stephen Legg Planning the City: Urbanization and Reform in Calcutta c.1800–c.1940 . By Partho Datta . New Delhi : Tulika Books , 2012 . xv, 332 pp. Rs 650 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2013 2013 In this remarkable book Partho Datta achieves many...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1980) 40 (1): 184–185.
Published: 01 November 1980
...Christine Furedy Calcutta in Urban History . By Pradip Sinha . Calcutta : Firma K. L. M. , 1978 . xx, 268 pp. Appendixes, Index. Rs. 65. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1980 1980 184 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES A great deal more could (and ideally should) be said...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 427–428.
Published: 01 February 1986
...David Kopf The Making of a Colonial Mind: A Quantitative Study of the Bhadralok in Calcutta, 1857–1885 . By John McGuire . Canberra : Australian National University Press , 1983 . xiii, 283 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Appendixes, Index. $22. (Distributed in the U.S. by South Asia Books...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (2): 752–753.
Published: 01 May 2002
...Bodhisattva Kar The Rumour of Calcutta: Tourism, Charity, and the Poverty of Representation . By John Hutnyk . London and New Jersey : ZED Books , 1996 . 246 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $22.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 752 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (4): 1201–1202.
Published: 01 November 1998
...Geraldine Forbes Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 Producing Workers: The Politics of Gender, Class, and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills . By Leela Fernandes . Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 1997 . xviii, 199 pp. $42.50 (cloth); $22.50...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (3): 883–884.
Published: 01 August 1999
...Ian J. Kerr Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Cultures of Empire . By Gordon T. Stewart . Manchester : Manchester University Press , 1998 . xiv, 258 pp. $79.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 883...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1993) 52 (3): 766–768.
Published: 01 August 1993
...Alice W. Clark Dependence and Autonomy: Women's Employment and the Family in Calcutta . By Hilary Standing . London and New York : Routledge , 1991 . x, 198 pp. $16.95. Women and Fertility in Bangladesh . By Alia Ahmed . New Delhi, Newbury Park, and London : Sage Publications...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1987) 46 (3): 689–690.
Published: 01 August 1987
... Vancouver, B.C. Carla Petievich holds a doctorate in Urdu language and literature and continues to study the development of Urdu literary criticism. Calcutta: La ville, sa crise, et le debat sur la planification et ram6nagement urbains [Calcutta: The city, its crisis, and the debate on urban planning...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (4): 1125–1126.
Published: 01 November 1995
...Leela Fernandes Unsettled Settlers: Migrant Workers and Industrial Capitalism in Calcutta . By Arjan de Haan . Hilversum : Verolren , 1994 . 299 pp. f 55. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1995 1995 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 1125 affairs, rather than national law...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2006) 65 (3): 643–645.
Published: 01 August 2006
...Swapna Banerjee Community and Public Culture: The Marwaris in Calcutta, c. 1897–1997 . By Anne Hardgrove . New York : Columbia University Press , 2004 . xxvi , 323 pp. $49.50 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2006 2006 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U T H A S I...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2007) 66 (4): 919–962.
Published: 01 November 2007
...Tithi Bhattacharya Abstract Focusing on colonial Calcutta in the later decades of the nineteenth century, this essay explores the evolution of a particular festival, the Durga Puja, to explore the ways in which religion negotiated its place in the ideological determinants of modernity. The essay...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 21 (3): 409–411.
Published: 01 May 1962
...Donald Hindley The Communist Uprisings of 1926–1927 in Indonesia: Key Documents . Edited and with an introduction by Harry J. Benda and Ruth T. McVey . Ithaca, New York : Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University , 1960 , xxxi, 177 . $4.50. The Calcutta Conference...
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in Tracking the Goddess: Religion, Community, and Identity in the Durga Puja Ceremonies of Nineteenth-Century Calcutta
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Published: 01 November 2007
Figure 3. Woodcut of Durga from nineteenth-century Calcutta by Ramdhan Swarnakar. “Western” influence is evident in the use of flag-bearing fairies and unicorns. Reproduced from Arun Nag ( 1991 ).
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 27 (1): 158–159.
Published: 01 November 1967
...Marcus F. Franda Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 The City Government of Calcutta: A Study of Inertia . By Ali Ashraf . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1967 . Published for the Institute of Public Administration, New York, xi, 126 pp. Map, Table...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1968) 27 (3): 650–652.
Published: 01 May 1968
...Albert Mayer Basic Development Plan for the Calcutta Metropolitan District 1966–1986 . By Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization . Calcutta : Development and Planning (T&CP) Department, Government of West Bengal , 1966 . x, 176 pp. Maps, Tables, Diagrams, Schematic Plans...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1961) 20 (3): 275–281.
Published: 01 May 1961
... Studies, Inc. 1961 1961 1 “Political consciousness” is a phrase widely used in India. In Calcutta and in other urban areas politicians agree that Calcutta has one of the most “politically conscious” populations to be found anywhere in India. Unfortunately, survey data on levels of information...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (4): 929–955.
Published: 01 November 2016
... Place (2000), The Hungry Tide (2004), and The Ibis trilogy—takes us from Calcutta where he was born in 1956 to the Arabian Sea, Paris, London, and back again to the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, and beyond. His nonfiction— In an Antique Land (1992), Dancing in Cambodia and at Large in Burma (1998...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1961) 20 (2): 205–212.
Published: 01 February 1961
...D. D. Karve Abstract Education on western lines began in India by the middle of the nineteenth century with the establishment of a few high schools and colleges in the larger cities of Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and Poona. The three oldest universities in India, those at the “Presidency” capitals...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (3): 745–746.
Published: 01 August 2013
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