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020 _a978-1041167365
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050 _aNA150.C55
082 _a720.941'0954
100 _aPeter Scriver & Vikramaditya Prakash
245 _aColonial Modernities : Building,Dwelling & Architecture in British India & Ceylon
260 _aNew York
_bRoutledge
_c2007
300 _avii,287p.
521 _aA 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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