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The British Empire through buildings : Structure, function and meaning /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.