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Colonialism and Modern Architecture in Germany /

Over the course of the nineteenth century, drastic social and political changes, technological innovations, and exposure to non-Western cultures affected Germany's built environment in profound ways. The economic challenges of Germany's colonial project forced architects designing for the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osayimwese, Itohan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Culture, politics, and the built environment.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction
  • 1. Expositions in German colonialism and German architecture
  • 2. The irresistible call of adventure : German architects and ethnography
  • 3. Heimatschutz and the competition for colonial architecture
  • 4. Reform and world's fair thinking at the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition
  • 5. The colonial origins of modernist prefabrication
  • Conclusion : decolonizing the landscape of colonial memory in Germany.