Dacca

This work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840.

Sharif Uddin Ahmed

Abbreviations Preface Nineteenth-Century Dacca: Some Views Introduction 1. Dacca: The Historical Setting 2. A Centre of Provincial Administration 3. A Centre of Education 4. Economic Revival: Trade, Commerce and Manufactures 5. Demographic and Physical Changes 6. The Struggles for Urban Renewal 7. Urban Solutions 8. Growth of Elective Local Government Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index