Beyond Kolkata Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination |
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| Author:
| Dey, Ishita
Samaddar, Ranabir
Sen, Suhit K. |
| Series title: | Cities and the Urban Imperative Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-66037-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge India |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $56.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township called New Town in Rajarhat near Kolkata as a hi-tech 'utopian' city for the opulent, revealing the working of primitive, exploitative modes of capital accumulation at the heart of this post-colonial, neo-liberal urban development.
This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township called New Town in Rajarhat near Kolkata as a hi-tech 'utopian' city for the opulent, revealing the working of primitive, exploitative modes of capital accumulation at the heart of this post-colonial, neo-liberal urban development.