List of selected works from the KCHR Library Collection on the

1. History of Kochi
2. Urban History and Urban Studies

 

  • A Gazetteer of Delhi, 1883-84. Vol.1. New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2010.

  • A Gazetteer of Delhi, 1883-84. Vol.2. New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2010.  

  • Ashton, Robert. City and the Court. London: Cambridge University Press, 1979.

  • Bernard K L. Cochin calvethy river: A historic drama. Thiruvananthapuram: Department of cultural publications,1998.

  • Bristow, Robert C I E. Cochin saga: a history of foreign government and business adventures in Kerala, South India, by Arabs, Romans, Venetians, Dutch and British, together with the personal narrative of the last adventurer and an epilogue. London: Cassel, 1959.

  • Champakalakshmi, R. Trade, ideology and urbanization: South India 300 BC to AD 1300. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 1999.

  • Cleave, John. Istanbul: City of two continents. Singapore: Grantibank, 2008.

  • Day, Francis. Land of the permals or Cochin: its past and its present. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990.

  • Deb, Kushal and Sujata Patel .Urban studies. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2006. 

  • Desai, A. R. Urban family and family planning in India. Bombay: Popular prakasan, 1980. 

  • Epstein, Beth S. Collective terms: Race, culture, and community in a state- planned city in france. New York: Berghahn books, 2011.

  • Fernandes, Leela. Indias new middle class: democratic politics in an era of economic reform. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2007.

  • Ghadially, Rehana. Urban women in contemporary India: a reader. New Delhi: SagePublications, 2007. 

  • Government of Kerala. Kerala District Gazetters: Ernakulam. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala, 1965

  • Government of Kerala. History of services of the gazetted officers of the Travancore Cochin state. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala, 1961.

  • Government of Travancore – Cochin. Travancore - Cochin: the treasure land of the east. Trivandrum: Trivandrum Publication Division, 1951.

  • Guide to cochin including Mattancherry, Fort Cochin, Willingdon Island, Ernakulam, Eloor, Thripunithura etc.Ernakulam: Krishna Book Co.

  • Hazaresingh, Sandip. Colonial city and the challenge of modernity: urban hegemonies and civic contestations in Bombay 1900-1925. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007.

  • Heitzman, James. City in south asia. London: Routledge, 2008.

  • Hosagrahar, Jyoti. Indigenous modernities: negotiating architecture and urbanism. London: Routledge, 2005. 

  • Imperial Gazetteer of India. Provincial Series. Bombay Presidency Vol.1. Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation, 2018.

  • Imperial Gazetteer of India. Provincial Series. Bombay Presidency Vol.2. Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation, 2018.

  • Kaarsholm, Preben. City flicks: Indian cinema and the urban experience.New Delhi: Seagull, 2004

  • Kalyan, Rohan. Neo Delhi and the politics of postcolonial urbanism. London: Routledge, 2017.

  • Katz, Nathan and Goldberg, Ellen S. Kashrut, Caste and Kabbalah: the religious life of the Jews of Cochin. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2005.

  • Kuldova, Tereza and Varghese, Mathew A. eds. Urban Utopias: Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. 

  • Larkham, Peter J. Conservation and the city. London: Routledge, 1996.

  • Lawson, Charles Allen. British and native Cochin. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2001.

  • Madambi, Ramji and Arakkal, Shaji Joseph. Kochi: a pictorial perspective. Bangalore: Prism Books Pvt Ltd, 2008.

  • Malekandathil, Pius Varadarajan, Lotika Farooqui, Amar. India, the Portuguese and maritime interactions: Science, economy and urbanity Volume 1. Delhi: Primus books, 2019.

  • Malekandathil, Pius Varadarajan, Lotika Farooqui, Amar. India, the Portuguese and maritime interactions: Science, economy and urbanity Volume 2. Delhi: Primus Books, 2019.

  • Malekandathil, Pius. Portuguese Cochin and the maritime trade of India 1500-1663. New Delhi: Manohar publishing, 2001.

  • Mani, B R. The Kushan civilization: Urban development’s and material culture. Delhi: B.R.Publishing Corporation, 1995. 

  • Mathew, Justin. “Port Building and Urban Modernity: Cochin, 1920-45.” In Kerala Modernity: Ideas, Spaces and Practices in Transition, edited by Bose, Satheese Chandra, and Varghese, Shiju Sam, 74-91. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2017.       

  • Meenakshi Thampan. Contested spaces: Citizenship and belonging in contemporary times. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan Pvt Ltd, 2010.

  • Menon, C.Achyuta. Cochin state manual. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala, 1995.

  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and UNDP. India: urban poverty report 2009. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2009.

  • Nair, Madhavan K P. Kochi Rajya prajamandalam. Kochi: Prajamandala Charitra Rachana Samithi, 1985.

  • Nabar, Sheela Mohan. The Malabar-Bombay Timber trade 1792 – 1823. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2007.

  • Narayanan, M G S. Calicut: the city of truth revisited. Calicut: University of Calicut, 2006. 

  • Natarajan, Baiju. Cities of Kerala: actually small towns. Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2008. 

  • Padmanabha Menon, K P. Kochirajya charithram. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books, 1996.

  • Peethambaran, P K. A thesis on the origin of the place name Cochin. TVPM: Doctor & Doctor, 1996.

  • Pratheep, P S. Colonialism in defence: State and Economy in Princely Cochin. New Delhi:  Abhijeet Publications, 2017.

  • Raman, Shankar, T. R. The wild heart of India:nature and conservation in the city, the country, and the wild. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2019.

  • Rodrigues, Louiza. Development and deforestation: the making of urban Bombay, c.1800-1880. Delhi Primus books 2019 - 267 

  • Ross, Alieen D. Hindu family in its Urban setting. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 1961.

  • Sebastian Joseph. Cochin forests and the British techno-ecological imperialism in India. Delhi Primus Books, 2016. 

  • Shared Destiny: the Indian navy and the city of Kochi. Kochi: Southern Naval Command, 2005.

  • Sharma, R S. Urban decay in India: c. 300-c.1000. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal publications, 1987.

  • Siddiqui, Iqtidar Husain. Delhi Sultanate: urbanization and social change. New Delhi: Viva Books, 2009.

  • Singh, Santosh Kumar. Settlement pattern urban growth and craft technology in North India: An archaelogical perspective. New Delhi: Research India Press, 2012.

  • Sreekumar, T. T. Urban process in Kerala: 1900-1981. Trivandrum: Centre for Development Studies, 1993.

  • Sridgar , T S. Alagankulam: an ancient Roman port city of Tamil Nadu. Chennai: Department of Archaeology, 2005.

  • Suchitra Balasubrahmany. Ahmedabad 600: Portraits of a city. Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2012.

  • Thakur, Vijay Kumar. Urbanisation of ancient India. New Delhi: Abhinav publications, 1981.

  • Thampuran, Rama Varma. Cochin. Cochin: Maharaja of Cochin, 1944.

  • Trivedi, K. K. Medieval city of Agra. Delhi: Primus books, 2018.

  • Vadayar Sasi. Cochin shipyardunte kadha, kochiyudeyum. Kottayam: National Book Stall, 2012.

  • Ward and Conner. Geographical and statistical memoir of the survey of the Travancore and Cochin states. Trivandrum: Kerala Gazetteers Department, 1994.

  • Ward and Conner. Memoir of the survey of the Travancore and Cochin states. Trivandrum: Kerala Gazetteers Department, 1994.

  • Wright, Rita P. Ancient Indus: Urbanism, economy and society. New Delhi: Cambridge University press, 2010.

  • Yuresh, Sinha. Urban shock: Architecture, Urbanization and climate change. Gurgaon: Shubhi publications, 2014.