Title: New Delhi
Description: "In New Delhi : The Last Imperial City, Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. India's changed political conditions, exacerbated by previous colonial policies like the partition of Bengal, demanded a new approach to an India which was undergoing tremendous political, social, and economic transformations caused by its long interactions with Britain. At this critical moment and as the pre-eminent symbol of British imperial rule in India, New Delhi crucially displayed a double narrative of promised liberation and continued colonial dependence. This message, rich in ambiguity, created tension between a government intent on satisfying Indian demands for political reform with its equally important need to maintain absolute authority. Britain's last imperial capital in South Asia represented a new model of imperial hegemony based not simply on coercion but on Indian consent to further colonial rule"--
Subjects: History, Imperialism, Colonial influence, Politics and culture, Public spaces, Architecture, Social life and customs, Economic conditions, Social change, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Architecture and state, New delhi (india), India, history, 20th century, Social aspects, Political aspects
Places: New Delhi (India), India, New Delhi, History
Time periods: 20th century, British occupation, 1765-1947