A Fatal Friendship: The Nawabs, the British, and the City of LucknowOxford University Press, 1985 - 284 pages The city of Lucknow, once described as "the last example of the old pomp and refinement of Hindustan", still remains one of the most interesting cities of north India. This lively urban history presents a panorama of the political, cultural, and architectural life of Lucknow during its heyday: from the ascendancy of the first nawab in the early 18th century to the deposition of the last nawab in 1856. Focusing on the architecture itself and the particular psychologies that lay behind the building facades, the author draws some intriguing conclusions about nawabi Lucknow and the colonial mind in its relation to Indian urban life. |
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... bamboos , very few indeed , of the houses of the natives are built with brick , the streets are crooked , narrow and the worst I have seen in India'.24 The discrepancies in descriptions would seem to arise from the fact that both Hodges ...
... bamboos , very few indeed , of the houses of the natives are built with brick , the streets are crooked , narrow and the worst I have seen in India'.24 The discrepancies in descriptions would seem to arise from the fact that both Hodges ...
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... bamboo or wood supports for the eaves and the doors . The raised plat- form on which such bungalows usually stand can ... bamboos and are thatched with leaves of the cocoa nut , very few indeed of the houses of the natives are built with ...
... bamboo or wood supports for the eaves and the doors . The raised plat- form on which such bungalows usually stand can ... bamboos and are thatched with leaves of the cocoa nut , very few indeed of the houses of the natives are built with ...
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... Bamboo and straw was used for thatching , and both iron and wood were used to make the moulds for bricks . Bricks were fired in kilns near the site , and stones , broken up by coolies , were burnt in kilns to provide lime for the cement ...
... Bamboo and straw was used for thatching , and both iron and wood were used to make the moulds for bricks . Bricks were fired in kilns near the site , and stones , broken up by coolies , were burnt in kilns to provide lime for the cement ...
Contents
The Three Cities of Lucknow | 1 |
The Europeans of Lucknow | 17 |
European Dreams and Indian Fantasies | 41 |
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