A Joint Enterprise: Indian Elites and the making of British Bombay.
A Joint Enterprise: Indian Elites and the making of British Bombay.
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Chopra, Preeti. A Joint Enterprise: Indian Elites and the making of British Bombay. Univ. of Minnesota Press 2011 88036 It was the era of the Raj, and yet A Joint Enterprise reveals the unexpected roel of native communities in the transformation of the urban fabric of British Bombay from 1854 to 1918. Preeti Chopra demonstrates how British Bombay was, surprisingly, a collaboration of the colonial government and the Indian and European mercantile and industrial elite who shaped the city to serve their combined interests. 344 pp., 94 b&w illus Pap.
