{"product_id":"a-joint-enterprise-indian-elites-and-the-making-of-british-bombay-paperback-softback-9780816670376","title":"A Joint Enterprise; Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816670376","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Joint Enterprise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIndian Elites and the Making of British Bombay\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePreeti Chopra (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816670376\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Joint Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, original, and interesting book on a valuable topic. Preeti Chopra provides unique interpretations of, among other things, the Indian reception and interpretation of the neo-Gothic architecture of the colonial regime.\" -Anthony King, author of \u003ci\u003eSpaces of Global Cultures: Architecture, Urbanism, Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Joint Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely able and well-informed survey of an interesting subject.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chopra’s monograph is a true contribution to bringing architectural practice and perception into the history of Bombay city.\" -\u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Offers a skillfully crafted and nuanced reading of the colonial experience that challenges the polemics of racial and cultural segregation while articulating far more complex hierarchies of power.\" -\u003ci\u003eJournal of Colonialism and Colonial History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Joint Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fabulous history of colonial domination and resistance through architectural and urban development in colonial Bombay.\" -\u003ci\u003eSouth Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One ends Chopra’s engaging book wondering if the first major dents to colonial Bombay’s famed cosmopolitanism came from these segregating medical and housing policies rather than events like the Hindu-Muslim Riots of 1893.\" -\u003ci\u003eHamazor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Offers a new perspective on urban social history.\" -\u003ci\u003eEnterprise and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Vital to understanding the architectural genealogy of the city.\"- \u003ci\u003eBuildings \u0026amp; Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This book is a valuable addition to the literature on South Asian urbanism. The ‘joint public realm’ is a useful effort to conceptualize the manner in which Indians engaged with notions like the public.\" -\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Preeti Chopra’s \u003ci\u003eA Joint Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed, well-researched, illuminating work that makes a clear argument: ‘colonial’ cities are far less ‘colonial’ than we imagine. [It] is a major accomplishment, clearly the product of intensive research over many years by a scholar deeply committed to and knowledgeable in her chosen field.\" -\u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"As ambitious as it is imaginative, this book combines critical perspectives on the materiality and visibility of the modern city with an insightful examination of the agency of both colonial rulers and indigenous subjects. Elegantly presented and effectively developed.\" -\u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIt was the era of the Raj, and yet \u003ci\u003eA Joint Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the unexpected role of native communities in the transformation of the urban fabric of British Bombay from 1854 to 1918. Preeti Chopra demonstrates how British Bombay was, surprisingly, a collaboration of the colonial government and the Indian and European mercantile and industrial elite who shaped the city to serve their combined interests.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChopra shows how the European and Indian engineers, architects, and artists worked with each other to design a city-its infrastructure, architecture, public sculpture-that was literally constructed by Indian laborers and craftsmen. Beyond the built environment, Indian philanthropists entered into partnerships with the colonial regime to found and finance institutions for the general public. Too often thought to be the product of the singular vision of a founding colonial regime, British Bombay is revealed by Chopra as an expression of native traditions meshing in complex ways with European ideas of urban planning and progress. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe result, she argues, was the creation of a new shared landscape for Bombay’s citizens that ensured that neither the colonial government nor the native elite could entirely control the city’s future.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor's Note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Joint Enterprise\u003cbr\u003e 2. Anglo-Indian Architecture and the Meaning of Its Styles\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Biography of an Unknown Native Engineer\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dividing Practices in Bombay's Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums\u003cbr\u003e 5. An Unforeseen Landscape of Contradictions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of Gods and Mortal Heroes: Conundrums of the Secular Landscape of Colonial \u003cbr\u003e Bombay\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702497931544,"sku":"9780816670376","price":18.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-joint-enterprise-indian-elites-and-the-making-of-british-bombay-paperback-softback-9780816670376","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}