Main entry:

King, Anthony D., author.

Title & Author:

Spaces of global cultures : architecture, urbanism, identity / Anthony D. King.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Description:

xix, 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

The architext series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and indexes.
1. Worlds in the city : from wonders of modern design to weapons of mass destruction -- 2. Interrogating global culture(s) -- 3. Cultures and spaces of postcolonial knowledges -- 4. The times and spaces of modernity -- 5. Writing transnational planning histories : the dialectics of dual development -- 6. Suburb/ethnoburb/globurb : the making of contemporary modernities -- 7. Villafication : the transformation of Chinese cities -- 8. Imagining the world at home : the distant spaces of the Indian city -- 9. Transnational Delhi revisited : the spatial language of three modernities -- 10. Imperialism, colonialism and architects of the arts and crafts in Britain -- 11. Ways of seeing : serendipity, visuality, experience.

Summary:

King draws on architectural, urban and built environment writings and evidence in various cities across the world to examine existing theories of globalization and develop new ones. His critical reviewing of theorists and architects including Giddens, Harvey, Hirst, Rogers, Foster, etc. features prominently.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415196191 (hb)
9780415196192 (hb)
0415196205 (pb)
9780415196208 (pb)

Subject:

Architecture and globalization.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, British colonial.
City planning Asia Case studies.
Postcolonialism Asia Case studies.
Architecture et mondialisation.
Architecture et société.
Architecture coloniale britannique.
Urbanisme Asie Études de cas.
Postcolonialisme Asie Études de cas.
City planning
Postcolonialism
Postkolonialismus
Architekturtheorie
Globalisierung
Architektur
Gesellschaft
Stadtplanung
Bouwkunst.
Openbare ruimte.
Stadscultuur.
Internationalisatie.
Architecture Aspect social.
Urbanisme 20e siècle.
Urbanisme Asie Cas, Études de.
Asie Influence coloniale.
Architecture.
Mondialisation.
Postcolonialisme.
Société
Urbanisme.
Asia
Asien

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Architext series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232785
Call No.: NA2543.G46 K55 2004
Status: Available