Building Apartheid : On Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town.

Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid the foundations onto which the edifice of apar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coetzer, Nicholas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor and Francis, 2016.
Temas:
1800-1999
Architecture and race > South Africa > Cape Town > History > 19th century.
Architecture and race > South Africa > Cape Town > History > 20th century.
Architecture, British colonial > South Africa > Cape Town.
City planning > South Africa > Cape Town > History > 19th century.
City planning > South Africa > Cape Town > History > 20th century.
Apartheid > South Africa > Cape Town.
Architecture et race > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Architecture et race > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture coloniale britannique > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap.
Apartheid > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap.
Apartheid
Architecture and race
Architecture, British colonial
Buildings
City planning
Cape Town (South Africa) > Buildings, structures, etc.
South Africa > Cape Town
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid the foundations onto which the edifice of apartheid was built. It unearths the significant role British architects and British architectural ideas played in facilitating white dominance and racial segregation in pre-apartheid Cape Town.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (261 pages)
ISBN:9781317171041
1317171047

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