Architecture, power, and national identity / Lawrence J. Vale.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415955149
- 9780415955140
- 0415955157
- 9780415955157
- 725.11 22
- NA4195 .V35 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 725.11 VAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A432099B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-376) and index.
Part 1. The Locus of Political Power -- 1. Capital and Capitol: An Introduction -- 2. National Identity and the Capitol Complex -- 3. Early Designed Capitals: For Union, for Imperialism, for Independence -- 4. Designed Capitals after World War Two: Chandigarh and Brasilia -- 5. Designed Capitals Since 1960 -- Part 2. Four Postcolonial Capitol Complexes in Search of National Identity -- 6. Papua New Guinea's Concrete Haus Tambaran -- 7. Sri Lanka's Island Parliament -- 8. Precast Arabism for Kuwait -- 9. The Acropolis of Bangladesh -- 10. Designing Power and Identity.
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