02250oam 2200541I 450 991015459030332120240505161445.09781351950541ebook978075467512910.4324/9781315259932(CKB)3710000000965269(MiAaPQ)EBC4758189(OCoLC)973031093(Au-PeEL)EBL4758189(CaPaEBR)ebr11310389(CaONFJC)MIL975028(OCoLC)965773951(EXLCZ)99371000000096526920180706e20162012 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierColonial architecture and urbanism in Africa intertwined and contested histories /edited by Fassil Demissie1st ed.London :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (457 pages) illustrations, maps, photograhsDesign and the built environment seriesFirst published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.print version 9780754675129 9781315259932 pt. I. Archaeology of colonial architectural and urbanism -- pt. II. Colonial disciplinary institutions -- pt. III. Colonial modernities.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.Design and the built environment series.Architecture, ColonialAfricaArchitecture and stateAfricaArchitecture, ColonialArchitecture and state720.96Demissie Fassil887354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154590303321Colonial architecture and urbanism in Africa2141008UNINA