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Bibliography

A number of scholars have chronicled the development of Calcutta as a ‘Company town’ and its increasingly important role in relation to trade. Here are some well-known works:

  1. Kosambi, Meera, and John E. Brush. “Three Colonial Port Cities in India.”Geographical Review78 (1988): 32.
  2. Tan, Tai-Yong. “Port Cities and Hinterlands: A Comparative Study of Singapore and Calcutta.” Political Geography26, no. 7 (2007): 851-65.
  3. Murphey, Rhoads. “The city in the swamp: Aspects of the site and early growth of Calcutta.” Geographical Journal(1964): 241-256.
  4. Hornsby, Stephen J. “Discovering the mercantile city in South Asia: the example of early nineteenth-century Calcutta.” Journal of Historical Geography23, no. 2 (1997): 135-150.