Dacca - A Study in Urban History and Development

This work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840.

List of contents

Abbreviations Preface Nineteenth-Century Dacca: Some Views Introduction 1. Dacca: The Historical Setting 2. A Centre of Provincial Administration 3. A Centre of Education 4. Economic Revival: Trade, Commerce and Manufactures 5. Demographic and Physical Changes 6. The Struggles for Urban Renewal 7. Urban Solutions 8. Growth of Elective Local Government Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

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Sharif Uddin Ahmed

Summary

This work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840.

Product details

• Authors: Sharif Uddin Ahmed, Sharif Uddin Ahmed
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780815394075
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9407-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban History; Routledge Library Editions: Urban History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries