Of greater dignity than riches : austerity & housing design in India /

Extreme poverty, which intensified in India during colonial rule, peaked in the 1920s--after decades of imperialist exploitation, famine, and disease--a time when architects, engineers, and city authorities proposed a new type of housing for India's urban poor and industrial workers. As Farhan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karim, Farhan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Colección:Culture, politics, and the built environment.
Temas:
1900-1999
Low-income housing > India > History > 20th century.
Dwellings > India > Design and construction > History > 20th century.
Urban poor > Housing > India > History > 20th century.
Pauvres > Logement > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Logement > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > General.
Dwellings > Design and construction.
Low-income housing.
Urban poor > Housing.
India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Imagining an Ideal Prototype House for Industrial Workers; 2. Exhibiting Development; 3. The Idea of an Ideal Village; 4. Architecture of the New Villages; 5. Appropriating Global Norms of Austerity; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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