Modern architecture and the end of empire
Crinson, Mark (2003) Modern architecture and the end of empire. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 0754635104.
Abstract
Book synopsis: This title was first published in 2003: Modernist architecture claimed to be the 'international style' but the relationship between modernism and the new dispositions of nations and nationalities which have succeeded the old European empires remains obscure. In this, the first book to examine the interactions between modern architecture, imperialism and post-imperialism, Mark Crinson looks at the architecture of the last years of the British Empire, and during its prolonged dissolution and aftermath. Taking a number of case studies from Britain, Ghana, Hong Kong, Iran, India and Malaysia, he investigates the ambitions of the people who commissioned the buildings, the training and role of architects, and the interaction of the architecture and its changing social and cultural contexts. This book raises questions about the nature of modernism and its roles that look far beyond empire and towards the post-imperial.
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| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Architecture, Space and Society, Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Mark Crinson |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2021 10:56 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 18:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/43181 |
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