Colonial Encounters, Karachi and Anglo-Indian Dwellings During the Raj
COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS, KARACHI AND ANGLO-INDIAN DWELLINGS DURING THE RAJ A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY NIDA AHMED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE JANUARY 2017 Approval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Tulin GENÇÖZ Director I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts. Prof. Dr. Elvan ALTAN Head of Department This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts. Prof. Dr. Suna GÜVEN Supervisor Examining Committee Members: Prof. Dr. Belgin T. ÖZKAYA (METU, AH) Prof. Dr. Suna GÜVEN (METU, AH) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Namık G. ERKAL (TEDU, Arch.) I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last name: Nida Ahmed Signature : iii ABSTRACT COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS, KARACHI AND ANGLO‐INDIAN DWELLINGS DURING THE RAJ AHMED, Nida M.A., Department of History of Architecture Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Suna Güven January 2017, 156 pages Was British imperialism in India an authoritarian rule or a collaborative one? How did the Indians resist, react, or adapt to the modernity introduced by the British? How did the British respond to their Indian context? Did the colonisers transplant western ideology and institutions without experiencing an exchange of ideas and practices in return? To deal with these questions, the study focuses on the architectural developments in Karachi during the British Raj (1858‐1947) and investigates how the reforms introduced by the Raj transformed and modernised the society and its architecture, particularly the colonial domestic architecture.
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