Taming the Oriental Bazaar examines the public market-hall as a key architectural feature of colonial South Asia. Representing a transition in the architectural programme, these buildings were meant to be monuments and markers of modernity in South Asia.

Pushkar Sohoni is Associate Professor and Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India.

Introduction 1. Bazaars and Markets 2. A New Architecture of Modernity 4. Market Halls 5. Markets in Literature and Popular Culture