1st Edition
Taming the Oriental Bazaar Architecture of the Market-Halls of Colonial India
By Pushkar Sohoni
Copyright 2023
120 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
120 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
120 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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Taming the Oriental Bazaar examines the public market-hall as a key architectural feature of colonial South Asia. Representing a transition in the architectural programme, these buildings were meant to be monuments and markers of modernity in South Asia.
The book:
Explores how market-halls became an essential feature of colonial settlements from the mid-nineteenth through the... Read more
Introduction 1. Bazaars and Markets 2. A New Architecture of Modernity 4. Market Halls 5. Markets in Literature and Popular Culture
Biography
Pushkar Sohoni is Associate Professor and Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India.
