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Beyond Kolkata

- Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination

About Beyond Kolkata

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415844352
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 304
  • Published:
  • June 24, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 141x216x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 452 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 19, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of Beyond Kolkata

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.

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