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Delhi

Its Monuments and History

Percival Spear (Autor)

Narayani Gupta, Laura Sykes (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2009 | 3rd Revised edition
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-569931-9 (ISBN)

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First published in 1943, Percival Spear's Delhi: Its Monuments and History has long been recognized as one of the best guides to Delhi. Written in an engaging and wonderfully informal manner, Spear's guide, bringing alive the Delhi of the sultans and their ruined buildings, of tongas and lazy picnics, is a classic in its own right. Narayani Gupta and Laura Sykes revisited the places described by Spear and updated the original book, which was issued with annotations in 1994. The third edition includes a foreword by Narayani Gupta describing the changes that the city has undergone since. The book, apart from acting as an up-to-date field guide for those interested in exploring and rediscovering the city, will appeal to students and teachers of history and cultural studies.

Percival Spear (1901-1982) taught history at St Stephen's College, University of Delhi. He was the author of several major works on India including the Penguin History of India, Volume II. Narayani Gupta is Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Laura Sykes has spent several years in Delhi and knows the city well. She is also the author of Calcutta Through British Eyes (OUP 1992).

FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER; FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION BY NARAYANI GUPTA; FOREWORD BY NARAYANI GUPTA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; HOW TO READ THIS BOOK; FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION BY T.G.P. SPEAR; PART I: THE CITY; THE FORT, THE MOSQUES OF DELHI, THE CITY, THE CIVIL LINES; PART II: AROUND THE CITY; FIROZ SHAH KOTLA, PURANA QILA, HUMAYUNS TOMB, NIZAMUDDIN, THE LODI TOMBS, THE MOTH-KI-MASJID, SAFDARJANGS TOMB; PART III: THE QUTB DISTRICT; THE GREAT MOSQUE, THE QUTB MINAR, THE LAL KOT (MEHRAULI), SIRI, BIJAY MANDAL, HAUZ KHAS, TUGHLAQABAD, SURAJ KUND; PART IV: NEW DELHI; THE JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI; PART V: ARCHITECTURE OF DELHI; THE ARCHITECTURE OF DELHI; AFTERWORD - FIFTY YEARS ON - BY LAURA SYKES; GLOSSARY; CHRONOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.6.2009
Zusatzinfo	45 line drawings
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 242 mm
Gewicht	289 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-569931-9 / 0195699319
ISBN-13	978-0-19-569931-9 / 9780195699319
Zustand	Neuware