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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154590303321

Titolo

Colonial architecture and urbanism in Africa : intertwined and contested histories / / edited by Fassil Demissie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

9781351950541

9780754675129

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 pages) : illustrations, maps, photograhs

Collana

Design and the built environment series

Altri autori (Persone)

DemissieFassil

Disciplina

720.96

Soggetti

Architecture, Colonial - Africa

Architecture and state - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Archaeology of colonial architectural and urbanism -- pt. II. Colonial disciplinary institutions -- pt. III. Colonial modernities.

Sommario/riassunto

Colonial architecture and urbanism in Africa created a built environment purposely suited to the administrative apparatus of empire: architecture and urbanism sought to project the authority of the European powers while simultaneously stabilizing the fragile European identity at the colonial frontier. This book seeks to uncover the multiple ways in which colonial architectural and urban design practices reconstituted colonial cities in Africa.