The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe : Space, Place, and the Construction of an Imperial Environment, 1860-1960

The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe Space, Place, and the Construction of an Imperial Environment, 1860-1960

Empires stretched around the world, but also made their presence felt in architecture and urban landscapes. The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe traces the entanglement of the European built environment with overseas imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As part of imperial n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Groten, Miel, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2022]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Landscape & heritage series
Materias:
Imperialism and architecture > Europe > History > 19th century.
Imperialism and architecture > Europe > History > 20th century.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The places of empire
  • 1 Gates to the ‘heathen world’
  • 2 Imperial cities, imperial citizens
  • 3 The cultural effects of economic entanglements
  • 4 Business palaces to rule the waves
  • 5 Propaganda and science in imperial museums
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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