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Architecture, power, and national identity / Lawrence J. Vale.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415955149
  • 9780415955140
  • 0415955157
  • 9780415955157
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 725.11 22
LOC classification:
  • NA4195 .V35 2008
Contents:
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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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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