Making Lahore Modern : Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City /

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William J. Glover investigates the traditions that shaped colonial Lahore, focusing on the conviction that both British and Indian actors who implemented urbanization shared: that the material fabric of the city could lead to social and moral improvement. Glover reveals that urban change in colonial...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glover, William J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
City planning
Architecture, British colonial
Architecture
Buildings.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Architecture coloniale britannique > Pākistān > Lahore.
Architecture, British colonial > Pakistan > Lahore.
Architecture > Pakistan > Lahore > 19th century.
City planning > Pakistan > Lahore > History > 19th century.
Pakistan > Lahore
Lahore (Pakistan) > Buildings, structures, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:William J. Glover investigates the traditions that shaped colonial Lahore, focusing on the conviction that both British and Indian actors who implemented urbanization shared: that the material fabric of the city could lead to social and moral improvement. Glover reveals that urban change in colonial India was not a monolithic process and establishes Lahore as a key site for understanding the genealogy of modern global urbanism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780816653959

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