Representing Calcutta: Modernity, Nationalism and the Colonial Uncanny

Introduction: the city in historical imagination: Representing modernity and nationalism p.1, Received histories p.6, Thinking spatially p.10, Public space p.14, Plan of this book p.19, 1. The colonial uncanny Eye of a European p.21, Drawing boundaries p.28, Scientific accuracy and the picturesque p.33, Depicting Calcutta p.46, Pathological space p.62, From picturesque paintings to health maps p.68, 2. The limits of "white" town: Topographic palimpsest p.76, Built for speculation p.92, Out of England? p.109, “A long opera" p.118, 3. Locating mythic selves: Public sphere and public space p.136, Discursive strategies p.141, Translating architecture p.150, The art of remembering p.167, 4.Telling stories: Dwelling in Modernity p.179, The speech culture of the middle class p.186, On the edge of the sheet p.194, The language of material culture p.216, 5. Death in public: Women in public p.225, Representing sexual transgression p.237, Desire and devotion in nationalist imagination p.237, Displacement p.248, The trouble with their bodies p.254, Mapping domesticity p.265