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| 020 | _a978-1041167365 | ||
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| 041 | _2Eng | ||
| 050 | _aNA150.C55 | ||
| 082 | _a720.941'0954 | ||
| 100 | _aPeter Scriver & Vikramaditya Prakash | ||
| 245 | _aColonial Modernities : Building,Dwelling & Architecture in British India & Ceylon | ||
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_aNew York _bRoutledge _c2007 |
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| 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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