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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783850803321

Autore

King Anthony D.

Titolo

Spaces of global cultures : architecture, urbanism, identity / / Anthony D. King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-64445-0

1-134-64446-9

0-415-19619-1

1-280-07872-3

0-203-48312-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Architext series

Classificazione

21.73

Disciplina

720/.1/03

Soggetti

Architecture and globalization

Architecture and society

Architecture, British colonial

City planning - Asia

Postcolonialism - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Illustration acknowledgments; Preface and introduction; Acknowledgments; THEORIES; WORLDS IN THE CITY: FROM WONDERS OF MODERN DESIGN TO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; INTERROGATING GLOBAL CULTURE(S); CULTURES AND SPACES OF POSTCOLONIAL KNOWLEDGES; THE TIMES AND SPACES OF MODERNITY; WRITING TRANSNATIONAL PLANNING HISTORIES: THE DIALECTICS OF DUAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTORIES; SUBURB/ETHNOBURB/GLOBURB: THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY MODERNITIES; VILLAFICATION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHINESE CITIES

IMAGINING THE WORLD AT HOME: THE DISTANT SPACES OF THE INDIAN CITYTRANSNATIONAL DELHI REVISITED: THE SPATIAL LANGUAGE OF THREE MODERNITIES; IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM AND ARCHITECTS OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN BRITAIN; PASTS/PRESENTS/FUTURES; WAYS OF SEEING: SERENDIPITY, VISUALITY, EXPERIENCE; AFTERWORD;



References; Name index; Subject index;

Sommario/riassunto

^SDraws on social, cultural and postcolonial writings and architectural evidence from various cities around the world to examine existing theories of globalization and also develop new ones.