Forms of dominance on the architecture and urbanism of the colonial enterprise / edited by Nezar AlSayyad.

Title & Author:

Forms of dominance on the architecture and urbanism of the colonial enterprise / edited by Nezar AlSayyad.

Publication:

Description:

viii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Ethnoscapes ; 5

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-355).
Urbanism and the dominance equation : reflections on colonialism and national identity ; The Islamic city as a colonial enterprise / Nezar AlSayyad -- From suprabarangay to colonial capital : reflections on the Hispanic foundation of Manila / Robert Reed -- City as durbar : theater and power in imperial Dehli / Hosagrahar Jyoti -- Pondicherry : a French enclave in India / Preeti Chopra -- Before the instant city : San Francisco's colonial origins reconsidered / Eric Sandweiss -- Colonialism, modernity : the French in Morocco / Paul Rabinow -- Le Corbusier and Algiers : the Plan Obus as colonial urbanism / Michele Lamprakos -- Building power : Italian architecture and urbanism in Libya and Ethiopia / Mia Fuller -- Creating the traditional city : a French project / Shirine Hamadeh -- Cities of the Stalinist empire / Greg Castillo.
Continued colonization in the new world : model villages in the Guatemalan highlands / Nina Veregge -- Designing national identity : post-colonial capitols as intercultural dilemmas / Lawrence Vale -- Rethinking colonialism : an epilogue / Anthony King.

Summary:

"Examines the complex experience of colonial domination, social reaction, and physical adaptation within the built environment of regions such as Morocco, Eastern Europe, India, Guatemala and East Africa, and provides a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspective on the colonial experience."

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

1856282368
9781856282369

Subject:

City planning European influences.
City planning History 19th century.
Architecture, Colonial.
Urbanisme Influence européenne.
Urbanisme Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture coloniale.
Colonial North American.
City planning.
Aufsatzsammlung
Imperialismus
Kolonialismus
Stadtentwicklung
Kolonialisme.
Bouwkunst.
Stadsplanning.
Cities

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

AlSayyad, Nezar.
Ethnoscapes ; v. 5.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 208993
Call No.: NA9094.8 F6 1992
Status: Available

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