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The British Empire through buildings : structure, function, meaning / / John M. MacKenzie



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Autore: MacKenzie John M (John MacDonald), <1943-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The British Empire through buildings : structure, function, meaning / / John M. MacKenzie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 296 pages) :) : illustrations
Disciplina: 720.941
Soggetto topico: Architecture and society - Great Britain
Imperialism and architecture
Soggetto non controllato: Bourgeoisie
Buildings
Culture
Empire
Environment
Global
Heritage
Militarisation
Race
Technologies
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 peoples in all types of colonies. They also represent a colonial order of social classes and racial divisions, together with the ways in which these were inflected through domestic living space, places of work and various aspects of cultural relations. They illuminate the desires of Europeans to indulge in cultural and religious proselytisation, encouraging indigenous peoples to adopt western norms. But the resistance of the supposedly subordinate people led to the invasion, adoption and adaptation of such buildings for a post-colonial world. The book will be vital reading for all students and scholars interested in the widest aspects of material culture.
Titolo autorizzato: The British Empire through buildings  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5261-4595-2
1-5261-5205-3
1-5261-4597-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822207603321
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