Contested Landscapes: The Story of Darjeeling by Chatterji, Aditi - 2007

Calcutta: Indian Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2007. Illustrated with maps and a few photographs, small octavo, pp viii, 420, only very slight signs of use internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn. Extremely scarce. [Contents Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction and theoretical basis. 2. The idea of landscape. 3. The historical development of Darjeeling. 4. The physical landscape. 5. The social landscape. 6. Conclusions. Bibliography. Appendices. Glossary. Questionnaires. Abbreviations. Index. The book analyses the contested landscapes of the Indian hill station of Darjeeling from the British period to contemporary times as a form of urban and socio cultural construction and symbolic landscape that developed due to power relations among the various ethnic and migrant groups who settled there. It lays an emphasis on their perception of the Darjeeling landscape as a means of controlling spaces within a dominating vision and takes into account the physical and social aspects of the town.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.