New Delhi

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"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

Places: New Delhi (India),  India,  New Delhi,  History

Times: 20th century,  British occupation, 1765-1947