ISBN:
0203964268
,
9780203964262
,
0415399092
,
0415399084
,
9780415399098
,
9780415399081
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 287 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
25cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
The architext series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Colonial modernities
Keywords:
Architecture, British colonial India
;
Architecture and society India
;
Architecture, British colonial Sri Lanka
;
Architecture and society Sri Lanka
;
Architecture, British colonial India
;
Architecture, British colonial Sri Lanka
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Indien
;
Architektur
;
Sri Lanka
;
Architektur
;
Britisch-Indien
;
Architektur
;
Sri Lanka
;
Architektur
Abstract:
A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, Colonial Modernities challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'
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