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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Page 90
... century . Similarly the defining and redefining of the Residents ' role which continued during the nawabi period , particularly in relation to the sup- posed jurisdiction over European or Anglo - Indian civilians , reflect the anomalous ...
... century . Similarly the defining and redefining of the Residents ' role which continued during the nawabi period , particularly in relation to the sup- posed jurisdiction over European or Anglo - Indian civilians , reflect the anomalous ...
Page 151
... century terraces with eighteenth century Baroque overtones , complete with Adam garlands and swags . There is no reflection in Lucknow ( apart from the Residency church ) of the important nineteenth century Gothic style or of the Victo ...
... century terraces with eighteenth century Baroque overtones , complete with Adam garlands and swags . There is no reflection in Lucknow ( apart from the Residency church ) of the important nineteenth century Gothic style or of the Victo ...
Page 176
... century ideas and mid - nineteenth century prejudices , and also because the British and thus other Europeans no longer re- garded the court of the nawabs as a political force of any weight , and the nawabs knew this . Because the ...
... century ideas and mid - nineteenth century prejudices , and also because the British and thus other Europeans no longer re- garded the court of the nawabs as a political force of any weight , and the nawabs knew this . Because the ...
Contents
The Three Cities of Lucknow | 1 |
The Europeans of Lucknow | 17 |
European Dreams and Indian Fantasies | 41 |
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