1st Edition
Colonialism, Uprising and the Urban Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Delhi
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
1 Introduction: Delhi in the ‘Long Nineteenth Century’
2 Mughal Badshahi Shahar: Shahjahanabad
3 Marhoom Dilli (Dead Delhi): Fashioning a new identity
4 Picturesque Delhi: Ruins and leisurely pursuits
5 Baaghi Dilli (Insurgent Delhi): Constructing heroes and villains
6 Tamed Delhi: Spatial tyranny and the weaponry of exclusion
7 Twentieth-Century Delhis: New Delhi versus Old Delhi
8 Epilogue: The future of Delhi’s past
Index
Biography
Jyoti Pandey Sharma is a professor of architecture at Department of Architecture, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. She engages with issues pertaining to architectural and urban history, built heritage and cultural landscapes, particularly those concerning the Indian Subcontinent’s legacy of Islamic and Colonial urbanism. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and in edited volumes and she has been an invited speaker at international symposia and conferences. Her research has received awards and fellowships including a Summer Fellowship in Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, USA and a UGC Associateship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, India.
