Colonial Modernities : Building,Dwelling & Architecture in British India & Ceylon

By:

Peter Scriver & Vikramaditya Prakash

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Routledge 2007Description: vii,287pISBN:

978-1041167365

DDC classification:

720.941'0954

LOC classification:

NA150.C55

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals | New Arrivals 2026

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dayananda Sagar College of Architecture - DSCA On display	NA1501 .C55 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2471

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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