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Can I read Calcutta: The City Revealed on EtoBox?
Calcutta: The City Revealed by Moorhouse, Geoffrey is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Calcutta: The City Revealed about?
<p>In the foreword to the first edition Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote:</p><p>'In a sense, the story of Calcutta is the story of India . . . It is the story of how and why Empire was created and what happened when Empire finished . . . The imperial residue of Calcutta, a generation after Empire ended, is both a monstrous and a marvellous city. Journalism and television have given us a rough idea of the monstrosities but none at all of the marvels. I can only hope to define the first more clearly and to persuade anyone interested that the second is to be found there too'. </p><p>Geoffrey Moorhouse succeeds triumphantly in his aims. First published in 1971 this title has stood the test of time. Remarkably it was the first full-length study of Calcutta, seat of the British Raj, since 1918.</p><p>'The book is organized out of a profound understanding of the true issues and is brilliantly executed.' Paul Scott, <i>Guardian</i></p>
Who reads Calcutta: The City Revealed?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Moorhouse, Geoffrey
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571281138
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Asian History, Humanities