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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.