Calcutta : The Living City, Two Volume Set /
Chaudhuri, Sukanta
- New Delhi; Oxford India Paperback, 2010.
- xvi, 276 p.
V. 1. The past. -- v. 2. The present and future.
This is the most comprehensive manual ever compiled of the city of Calcutta. The first volume focuses on the past, the second on the present and future. Between them, they contain over fifty major articles and a series of shorter pieces covering the whole spectrum of Calcutta's history and society; its civic development and economy, and its varied artistic and cultural life.