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The architecture of empire in modern Europe : space, place, and the construction of an imperial environment, 1860-1960. /

Empires stretched around the world, but also made their presence felt in architecture and urban landscapes. The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe traces the entanglement of the European built environment with overseas imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As part of imperial n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Groten, Miel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Edición:First Edition
Colección:Landscape and Heritage Research
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The places of empire
  • 1 Gates to the 'heathen world'
  • 2 Imperial cities, imperial citizens
  • 3 The cultural effects of economic entanglements
  • 4 Business palaces to rule the waves
  • 5 Propaganda and science in imperial museums
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index