The British Empire through buildings : structure, function and meaning /

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Buildings provide tremendous insights into the character of imperialism, not least in the manner in which Western forms were spread across the globe. They reveal the projection of power and authority in colonised landscapes, as well the economic ambitions and social and cultural needs of colonial pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacKenzie, John M. (John MacDonald), 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE
Subjects:
Architecture and society > Great Britain.
Imperialism and architecture.
Architecture, British colonial > History.
Architecture > Political aspects.
Imperialism > History.
Architecture et société > Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture coloniale britannique > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
Impérialisme et architecture.
Architecture > Aspect politique.
ARCHITECTURE > Regional.
Imperialism
British colonies
Architecture > Political aspects
Architecture, British colonial
Architecture and society
Imperialism and architecture
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Construction and destruction
  • Militarisation, mobility and the residencies of power
  • Cities, towns, civic buildings and hill stations
  • Institutions of the bourgeois public sphere and new technologies
  • Domestic residences and city improvement
  • The buildings of ritual: religion and freemasonry
  • Colonial cities: Valletta, Rangoon and new capitals
  • Conclusion
  • Select bibliography
  • Index

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