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Colonial modernities : building, dwelling and architecture in British India and Ceylon / edited by Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash.

Contributor(s): Scriver, Peter | Prakash, VikramadityaMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: The architext seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007Description: ix, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN: 0415399084 (hbk : alk. paper); 9780415399081 (hbk : alk. paper); 0415399092 (pbk : alk. paper); 9780415399098 (pbk : alk. paper); 0203964268 (ebk.); 9780203964262 (ebk.)Subject(s): Architecture, British colonial -- India | Architecture and society -- India | Architecture, British colonial -- Sri Lanka | Architecture and society -- Sri LankaAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Colonial modernities.DDC classification: 720.941/0954 LOC classification: NA1501 | .C55 2007Other classification: 21.62 Online resources: Table of contents only

Contents:

Between materiality and representation : framing an architecural critique of colonial South Asia / Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash -- Stones and texts : the architectural historiography of colonial India and its colonial-modern contexts / Peter Scriver -- The stone books of orientalism / Stephen Cairns -- Empire-building and thinking in the Public Works Department of British India / Peter Scriver -- "Strangers within the gate" : public works and industrial art reform / Arindam Dutta -- Between copying and creation : the Jeypore portfolio of architectural details / Vrkamaditya Prakash -- Institutional audiences and architectural style : the Napier Museum / Paul Walker -- A tomb of one's own : the governor's house, Lahore / Sylvia Shorto -- The other face of primitive accumulation : the garden house in British colonial Bengal / Swati Chattopadhyay -- The trouser under the cloth : personal space in colonial-modern Ceylon / Anoma Pieris -- Negotiated modernities : symbolic terrains of housing in Delhi / Jyoti Hosagrahar.

Summary: A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, Colonial Modernities challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Hard Covered Materials	MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Open shelf	NA1501 .C55 2007 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available		27293

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-278) and index.

A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, Colonial Modernities challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'.

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