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Colonising, Decolonising, and Globalising Kolkata' offers an extended analysis of the architecture of Kolkata from the earliest days of colonialism through independence and on into the twenty-first century, all set in the larger context of Indian cities and architecture. What Siddhartha Sen shows is the transformation of a colonial city into a Marxist one-and ongoing attempts to further transform it into a global city. Richly illustrated, the book carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- Purpose and method of the study and relevant literature -- 2 The mode of production and social formation in pre-British India -- Prolegomena -- The social economy of pre-British India -- Indian towns: a source of weakness of the Indian bourgeoisie -- The rise and decline of a nascent bourgeoisie -- 3 The victory of the British and its impact on the evolution of social classes in India -- Prolegomena -- The colonial state and the decline of incipient capitalism -- India's transformation into an arena of primitive capital accumulation -- The new land system under the British -- The emergence of trading towns and a new indigenous bourgeoisie -- The emergence of the proletariat and the rise of a new middle class -- 4 Socialism in India: an ideology of state hegemony -- Prolegomena -- Economic conditions on the eve of independence and the weakness of the bourgeoisie -- The state's policy on industrialization and the reaction of the bourgeoisie -- The nature of state socialism in India -- 5 The artisan and small-scale industries in India's social economy and their relationship with the state -- Prolegomena -- The state and artisan industries -- The state and small-scale industries -- 6 The state and the growth of the public and private sectors -- Prolegomena -- Measures of state control -- The state's functionaries and private corporate capital -- The growth of private corporate capital and the monopoly houses -- The public sector's growing command over the economy -- 7 The social economy of Indian agriculture and its effect on industrialization and the state -- Prolegomena -- The impact of the colonial heritage on the modes of production in Indian agriculture

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Who is an Anglo-Indian? -- Birth of the Community of Mixed Racial Heritage -- Evolution of the Anglo-Indian Community Under Colonial Rule -- Shaping of a Community: 1773-1833 -- Consolidation of Native Status: 1833-1920 -- Insecurity Over Available Opportunities: 1920-1950 -- Anglo-Indians in India After the 1950s -- The Anglo-Indian Women and Men Under Study -- Rationale of the Book -- Layout of Chapters -- Chapter 2 Anglo-Indian Women -- Anglo-Indian Women Now -- Patriarchy and the Experiences of Anglo-Indian Women in India -- Theoretical Overtures -- Experiences of Anglo-Indian Women in India Through a Historical Lens -- Problems of Being an Anglo-Indian Women in India: Questions of Identity and the Anglo-Indian Woman -- Language -- Dress -- Domesticity and Anglo-Indian Women in Colonial Bengal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Education of the Anglo-Indian Community -- Education in Earlier Times -- Education in the Post-War Years -- Anglo-Indian Education After Independence -- Ethnicity and Anglo-Indian Education System -- Funds and Scholarships for Anglo-Indian Students -- Hierarchy in Anglo-Indian Schools -- Anglo-Indian Teachers -- The Use of the English Language in Anglo-Indian Schools -- Anglo-Indian Women and Education in Kolkata -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Family, Marriage and Kinship in the Anglo-Indian Community -- Intermarriage and the Birth and Sustenance of the Community -- Marriage Practices Among Anglo-Indians -- Courtship and Marriage Among Anglo-Indians -- Incest, Taboo and Anglo-Indian Marriage Practices -- Divorce and Remarriage Among Anglo-Indians -- Nature and Responses to Inter-CommunityInter-Religious Marriage -- The Stories of Thelma, Catherine and Linda -- Family Structure, Roles and Obligations Among Anglo-Indians -- Stories of Amelia and Hannah -- Conclusion.

Introduction -- Locations: homework and fieldwork -- Marginality of Darjeeling Nepalis -- The reincarnation of tea -- Fair trade and women without history: the consequences of transnational affective solidarity -- Ghumauri: interstitial sustainability in fair trade-organic certified tea plantations -- Fair trade vs. Swachcha Vyapar: ethical counter-politics of women's empowerment in fair trade certified small farmers "cooperative" -- "Will my daughter find an organic husband?" : domesticating fair trade through cultural entrepreneurship -- "Tadpoles in water" versus "police of our fields:" competing subjectivities and women's political agency and fair trade -- Conclusion

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION: AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION--CONCEPTS, THEORY AND METHOD -- I.1. Theoretical Objectives and Preconceptions -- I.2. Agriculture and the Development Process--A Review of Major Theoretical Approaches -- I.2(a) 'Dualistic Development' Theories -- I.2(b) The 'Agricultural Development Approaches' -- I.2(c) The Neoclassical Theory of Peasant Behavior -- I.2(d) Historical Approaches to Agrarian Transformation -- I.3. The Approach of This Study -- I.4. Conclusion -- CHAPTER II AGRARIAS CHARGE IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD: THE EMERGENCE OF SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL POPULATION IN GREATER BENGAL (1793-1947) -- II.1. Introduction -- II.2. Conventional Discussions of Surplus Labor -- II.3. Amartya Sen on Surplus Labor -- II.4. An Alternative Formulation -- II.5. Relative Overpopulation in Agrarian Bengal -- II.5(a) The Pre-existent Agrarian System -- II.5(b) Transition to a Colonial System of Agriculture -- II.5(c) Transformation of Social Structure and Economic Relations -- II.5(d) Evolution of Forces of Production in the Colonial System -- II.5(e) Population Size and Relative Overpopulation -- II.5(f) The Non-Availability of Alternative Employment Opportunities -- II.6. Conclusion -- CHAPTER III AGRARIAN STRUCTURE, CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION, PEASANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND MARKET PARTICIPATION IN INDIA, 1950-1970 -- III.1. Introduction -- III.2. Land Ownership, Operational Holdings and Consumption Levels -- III.3. Cross-sectional Variation in Productivity and Resource Utilization -- III.4. Agrarian Hierarchy and Land Relations during 1950-1961 -- III.5. Conditions of Production and the Character of Market Participation

Can the values which individual members of society attach to different alternatives be aggregated into values for society as a whole, in a way that is both fair and theoretically sound? Is the majority principle a workable rule for making decisions? How should income inequality be measured? When and how can we compare the distribution of welfare in different societies?" So reads the 1998 Nobel citation by the Swedish Academy, acknowledging Amartya Sen's important contributions in welfare economics and particularly his work in Collective Choice and Social Welfare. Originally published in 1970, this classic study has been recognized for its groundbreaking role in integrating economics and ethics, and for its influence in opening up new areas of research in social choice, including aggregative assessment. It has also had a large influence on international organizations, including the United Nations, notably in its work on human development. The book showed that the "impossibility theorems" in social choice theory--led by the pioneering work of Kenneth Arrow--do not negate the possibility of reasoned and democratic social choice. Sen's ideas about social choice, welfare economics, inequality, poverty, and human rights have continued to evolve since the book's first appearance. This expanded edition preserves the text of the original while presenting eleven new chapters of fresh arguments and results. Both the new and original chapters alternate between nonmathematical treatments of Sen's subjects, accessible to all, and mathematical arguments and proofs. A new introduction gives a far-reaching, up-to-date overview of the subject of social choice.

Reaching as far back as ancient times, Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development under monarchy and colonialism, and as an independent nation. Some sports that originated in India have fallen out of favor, while others, such as cricket, have been adopted and made wholly India's own. Sen's innovative project casts sport less as a natural expression of human competition than as an instructive practice reflecting a unique play with power, morality, aesthetics, identity, and money. Sen follows the transformation of sport from an elite, kingly pastime to a national obsession tied to colonialism, nationalism, and free market liberalization. He pays special attention to two modern phenomena: the dominance of cricket in the Indian consciousness and the chronic failure of a billion-strong nation to compete successfully in international sporting competitions, such as the Olympics. Innovatively incorporating examples from popular media and other unconventional sources, Sen not only captures the political nature of sport in India but also reveals the patterns of patronage, clientage, and institutionalization that have bound this diverse nation together for centuries.