{"product_id":"18041-calcutta-the-city-revealed","title":"Calcutta - The City Revealed","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Geoffrey Moorhouse\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1994\/9\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 393\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140095578\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKipling called it The City of Dreadful Night-a city of unspeakable poverty, of famine, riot and disease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Calcutta, the Victorian seat of the British Raj, is the second city in the Commonwealth, the fourth city in the world. Amazingly, Geoffrey Moorhouse’s Black and memorable text, as The Times called it, is the first full-length study of Calcutta since 1918.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis rich and ominous book is so far removed from the usual reportage, that it is difficult to refute its prognosis, he is painfully, shamingly illuminating.\u003cbr\u003e-Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is organized out of a profound understanding of the true issues and is brilliantly executed-Paul Scott in the Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Moorhouse , like another Zola, plunges into this hell. Dissecting it, almost lovingly, he discovers aspects of the human spirit, both Indian and universal, out of which the reader may trace some sort of pattern in the chaos.\u003cbr\u003e-Sunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA storehouse of information.\u003cbr\u003e-Hindusthan Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimate Experience\u003cbr\u003eImperial City\u003cbr\u003ePoverty\u003cbr\u003eWealth\u003cbr\u003eMigrants\u003cbr\u003eBengalis\u003cbr\u003ePeople, People\u003cbr\u003eFaded Glory\u003cbr\u003eThe Petrifying Jungle\u003cbr\u003eThe Road to Revolution\u003cbr\u003eZindabad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOURCE NOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Geoffrey Moorhouse \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785630855337,"sku":"18041","price":25.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18041.jpg?v=1625525936","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/18041-calcutta-the-city-revealed","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}