The architecture of empire : France in India and Southeast Asia, 1664-1962 /

"Though most monumental buildings of France's global empire--such as the famous Saigon and Hanoi Opera Houses--were built in South and Southeast Asia, much of this architecture, and the history of who built it and how, has been overlooked. The Architecture of Empire considers the large-sca...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bailey, Gauvin A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1600-1999
Public architecture > India > History > 17th century.
Public architecture > India > History > 18th century.
Architecture, French colonial > India > History > 17th century.
Architecture, French colonial > India > History > 18th century.
Public architecture > Indochina > History > 19th century.
Public architecture > Indochina > History > 20th century.
Architecture, French colonial > Indochina > History > 19th century.
Architecture, French colonial > Indochina > History > 20th century.
Architecture publique > Inde > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Architecture publique > Inde > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Architecture coloniale française > Inde > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Architecture coloniale française > Inde > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Architecture publique > Indochine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Architecture publique > Indochine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture coloniale française > Indochine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Architecture coloniale française > Indochine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / History / General
Architecture, French colonial.
Buildings.
Public architecture.
India > Buildings, structures, etc.
Indochina > Buildings, structures, etc.
Indochine > Constructions.
India.
Indochina.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • THE ARCHITECTURE OF EMPIRE
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2 ORIGINS
  • 3 DIPLOMACY
  • 4 GRANDEUR
  • 5 INTERREGNUM
  • 6 SEMBLANCE
  • 7 APPROPRIATION
  • 8 ASSOCIATION
  • 9 HYBRIDITY
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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