Constitutional Modernism : Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hyde, Timothy
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Modern movement (Architecture)
City planning.
Architecture and society.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) > Cuba.
Architecture et societe > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Modern movement (Architecture) > Cuba.
City planning > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Architecture and society > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Cuba.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution in 1940 up until the Cuban Revolution. By arguing that constitutionalism was elaborated through architectural principles and p.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9781452940151

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