The Raj and the Calcutta Waterfront (1860-1910)
by
Aniruddha Bose
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
In the days of the British Raj Calcutta was a great port city. Thousands of men, women, and children worked there, loading and unloading valuable cargoes that sustained the regional economy, and contributed significantly to world trade. In the second half of the nineteenth century, in response to...