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On Time Encounters between India and Europe in Early Calcutta
By Peter Robb
Copyright 2026
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the intersection of public and private temporal systems. Examining Calcutta between 1780 and 1830, it reveals how time functioned as both a regulatory mechanism of emerging colonial governance and a deeply personal construct that continued to reflect pre-colonial norms and practices.
The author navigates the complex temporal landscape of early colonial Calcutta,... Read more
1. Times and places 2. Recording time: Blechynden, Ananda Ranga Pillai; diaries as sources 3. Marking time: Celebration and ceremony 4. Making time: Readings and measurement 5. Borrowing time: Debt and contracts 6. Using time: Workers and wages 7. Regulating time: Laws and norms 8. Time in context 9. Responding to time
Biography
Peter Robb is Professor Emeritus at SOAS University of London, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow and former President of the Royal Asiatic Society.
