Representations of Calcutta are analysed, and the author shows how the rumours of westerners contribute to the elaboration of an imaginary city. In doing so, they circulate in ways fundamental to the maintenance of international order.

This book offers an on-the-ground view of colonial Calcutta's neighbourhoods, where kinship-like ties shaped urban space and resisted city-making efforts of the state.

A riveting family portrait of four generations of Jewish women from Calcutta.

Explores the fascinating career of Maurice E. Bandmann and his global theatrical circuit in the early twentieth century.

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