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Constitutional Modernism : Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959.

How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces. Analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the Cuban Republic, Timothy Hyde reveals how archit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hyde, Timothy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces. Analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the Cuban Republic, Timothy Hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution in 1940 up until the Cuban Revolution. By arguing that constitutionalism was elaborated through architectural principles and p.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (383 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781452940151
1452940150
9780816678105
0816678103
0816678111
9780816678112
9781452947938
1452947937