Claiming the City: Protest, Crime, and Scandals in Colonial Calcutta, c. 1860–1920
Anindita Ghosh, History, 
The University of Manchester (England)
(Oxford University Press, 2016)

As the administrative and commercial capital of British India and as one of the earliest experiments in modern urbanization in the sub-continent, Calcutta proved enormously challenging to both its residents and its architects. In this imaginative study of colonial Calcutta, Anindita Ghosh charts the history of its urbanization from below- in its streets, strikes, and popular urban cultures. [more]

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Beyond the Walled City:
Colonial Exclusion in Havana
by Guadalupe Garcia, History, Tulane (USA)
(University of California Press, 2015)

One of the earliest and most important port cities in the New World, Havana quickly became a model for the planning and construction of other colonial cities. Beyond the Walled City tells the story of how Havana was conceived, built, and managed. Examining imperial efforts to police urban space from the late sixteenth century onward, Guadalupe García shows how the production of urban space was explicitly centered on the politics of racial exclusion and social control. Connecting colonial governing practices to broader debates on urbanization, the regulation of public spaces, and the racial dislocation of urban populations, Beyond the Walled City points to the ways in which colonialism is inscribed on modern topographies. [more]

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JUST OUT 
“The Entangled Spanish and British Empires in the Indian and Pacific Ocean World: The View from Manila” in Jorge Cañizares Esguerra, ed., Entangled Histories of the Early Modern Iberian and British Empires
by Kristie Flannery, History, U Texas (USA)
(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018)

The history of the entangled Spanish, British, and Portuguese empires is the history of connected cities. From Seville, London, and Lisbon, to Kingston, Cartagena and Lima, this volume illustrates that urban centers were the spaces where imperial formations were organized and imagined. Cities were also the sites where empires clashed. Look out for Kristie Flannery’s chapter that examines Manila under British occupation during the Seven Years War. Flannery reveals how the Spanish missionaries, Chinese merchants, and soldiers of all nations who converged in the cosmopolis determined the fate of Spain’s Asian empire. It also considers the colonial government’s major, post-war reorganization of Manila as it attempted to tighten its grip on this global city.

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Hong Kong History Project

The Hong Kong History Project, hosted at the University of Bristol, and funded by the Hatton Trust, aims to encourage and facilitate the study of the history of Hong Kong in the UK, and to build collaborations with partners in Hong Kong, specifically in terms of collaboration between the University of Bristol and the University of Hong Kong, as well as other interested HEI and community/NGO partners. This initiative will support cutting edge research into the history of Hong Kong, by funding research studentships, visiting fellowships, conferences and workshops, exploring new and under-researched areas in Hong Kong history. [more]