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Power and Architecture : The Construction of Capitals and the Politics of Space /
Capital cities have been the seat of political power and central stage for their state's political conflicts and rituals throughout the ages. In the modern era, they provide symbols for and confer meaning to the state, thereby contributing to the "invention" of the nation. Capitals ca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Space and Place ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Figures
- Maps
- Introduction. Power and Architecture Th e Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics
- Chapter 1. Capital Architecture and National Identity
- Chapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital-Building in Washington, DC, Ottawa, Canberra, and Brasília
- Chapter 3. Capital-Building in Post-War Germany
- Chapter 4. Berlin: Three Centuries as Capital
- Chapter 5. Image, Itinerary, and Identity in the "Third" Rome
- Chapter 6. "A Capital without a Nation": Red Vienna, Architecture, and Spatial Politics between the World Wars
- Chapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in Warsaw
- Chapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of Ankara
- Chapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European Union
- Contributors
- Index