Urbanising Uttarpara: Philanthropy, improvement, education, c. 1846 to c. 1865

Bhattacharya, Akash (2025) Urbanising Uttarpara: Philanthropy, improvement, education, c. 1846 to c. 1865. In: Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India. Cambridge University Press, Oxford, pp. 25-47. ISBN 9781009596886

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Shifting Landscapes is a rich, multidimensional exploration of urban education in the multiverse of India, adding value to the growing scholarship on broader connections between urbanisation and education. As cities have continued to develop, their spatial, social and cultural landscapes have also evolved to adapt to the global capitalist needs. Education has been an integral part of these transformations, and the upheavals within the education sector have given rise to privilege and exclusion in schooling and growing marginality of the poor. The volume takes on an interdisciplinary approach to examine how the idea of the urban and that of urban education are co-constituted and, more specifically, how spatial and educational inequalities in cities intersect. The chapters bring together diverse contexts to address the heterogeneity of urban social reality in India and similarly document the changes in educational access, provision, aspirations and politics in several parts of the country. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Bhattacharya, Akash
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Nambissan, Geetha B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Manjrekar, Nandini UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tukdeo, Shivali UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sengupta, Indra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development Social sciences > Public administration History & geography > History of Asia
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Education
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7537
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009596886.002

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