Stones of empire : the buildings of the Raj / text by Jan Morris ; photographs and captions by Simon Winchester.

Main entry:

Morris, Jan, 1926-2020.

Title & Author:

Stones of empire : the buildings of the Raj / text by Jan Morris ; photographs and captions by Simon Winchester.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.

Description:

234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 229) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A note about the text -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Theoretical -- 3. Domestic -- 4. Public -- 5. Practical -- 6. Spiritual -- 7. Civic -- 8. Envoi -- A brief bibliography -- Index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

No empire in history built so variously as the British empire in India. The buildings there attest to the richness of an imperial presence that lasted -- from the first trading settlement to the end of the Raj--some three hundred years. The attitude of the British to India was compounded partly of arrogance, but partly also of homesickness, and it shows in their constructions. Georgian terraces were adapted to tropical conditions, Victorian railway stations were elaborately orientalized, seaside villas were adjusted to suit Himalayan conditions, and everywhere the fundamental ambivalence of the British empire, a baffling mixture of good and evil, was mirrored in the imperial architecture.

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Contributor biographical information
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ISBN:

0192114492
9780192114495

Subject:

Architecture India British influences.
Architecture Inde Influence britannique.
Architecture British influences
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Raj.
Beïnvloeding.
Architecture Inde Influence anglaise.
Geschichte (1765-1947)
India History British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde Histoire 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India
Indien
Inde 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India Buildings Architectural features, 1760-1947

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Winchester, Simon, photographer, writer of added commentary.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 1031
Call No.: ID NA1502.M67; ID:87-B19141
Status: Available

Location: Library main 1032
Call No.: ID PO3900 NA1502.M67; ID:87-B19141
Status: Available

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