Constitutional Modernism : Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959.
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (383 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781452940151 1452940150 9780816678105 0816678103 0816678111 9780816678112 9781452947938 1452947937 |