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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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  • Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Constitution; 1 The Idealized Republic: The Constitution of 1940; 2 Better Cities, Better Citizens: The Political Function of Planning; 3 A Perfect Structuring: Representing the Nation as Plan and Purpose; II CITY; 4 Public Works: Constructing the Urban Spaces of Civil Society; 5 Master Plans: The Retrospective Order of the Plan Piloto de la Habana; 6 Historic Districts: The Regulation of the Past in Habana Vieja; III MONUMENT; 7 The Experience of Civic Conscience: Designs for the Monumento a Marti.
  • 8 The Prospect of cubanidad: Figural Forms and the Palacio de las PalmasEpilogue: Futures of Constitutional Modernism; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.