Main entry:

Lang, Jon T., author.

Title & Author:

Architecture and independence : the search for identity--India 1880 to 1980 / Jon Lang, Madhavi Desai, Miki Desai.

Publication:

Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Description:

xix, 347 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-328) and index.
1. Architecture and Identity: Nationalism, Regionalism and Individualism -- 2. Antecedents and Precedents -- India Before 1857 -- 3. The Imperial Heyday -- 1858 to 1910 -- 4. Indian Nationalism and the Arts -- 1880 to 1940 -- 5. Towards Independence: The Architectural Profession and its Architecture -- 1900 to 1950 -- 6. Independence: The Views of India's Future -- 1940 to 1950 -- 7. Nehru's India: Searching for a Suitable Architecture -- 1945 to 1980 -- 8. The Architecture of Independence: Rethinking Modernism, Traditionalism and Revivalism -- The Years Since 1964 -- 9. India in a Globalizing World.

Summary:

"Architecture reflects the spirit of its times: in India's case, the, fight for Independence. Examining the forces that have shaped Indian architecture over the last century, this profusely illustrated book traces the patterns of architecture and its response to political change in both India and the world since the founding of the Indian National Congress"--Publisher description.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195639006
9780195639001
0195652479
9780195652475

Subject:

Architecture India History 20th century.
Architecture Inde Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architektur
Geschichte
Unabhängigkeitsbewegung
Bouwkunst.
Politieke aspecten.
Architecture India 19th century.
Architecture India 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 19th century India.
Architecture, Modern 20th century India.
India.
Indien

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Desai, Madhavi, 1951- author.
Desai, Miki, 1947- author.

Architecture & independence

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201124
Call No.: NA1504 .L3 1997
Status: Available