Peter Scriver & Vikramaditya Prakash creator text New York Routledge 2007 monographic eng

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vii,287p. 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' NA150.C55 720.941'0954 978-1041167365 260610 20260610121608.0