India : modern architectures in history /

"India: Modern Architectures in History shows how the architecture of 'Modern India" reflected and embodied the dramatic shifts of Indian society and culture. Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava explore how Indian architectural modernity began in the early twentieth century, as public w...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Scriver, Peter (Autor), Srivastava, Amit (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UNKNOWN : Reaktion Books, 2015.
©2015
Colección:Modern architectures in history.
Temas:
1900-1999
Architecture > India > History > 20th century.
Architecture > India > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.
Architecture > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages illustrés.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture
India
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rationalization : the call to order, 1855-1900
  • Complicity and contradiction in the colonial twilight, 1901-1947
  • Nation building : architecture in the service of the postcolonial state, 1947-1960s
  • Regionalism, institution building and the modern Indian elite, 1950s-1970s
  • Development and dissent : the critical turn, 1960s-1980s
  • Identity and difference : the cultural turn, 1980s-1990s
  • Towards the 'non-modern' : architecture and global India since 1990.

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