Architecture, power, and national identity /
Lawrence J. Vale.
- Second edition.
- xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-376) and index.
The Locus of Political Power -- Capital and Capitol: An Introduction -- National Identity and the Capitol Complex -- Early Designed Capitals: For Union, for Imperialism, for Independence -- Designed Capitals after World War Two: Chandigarh and Brasilia -- Designed Capitals Since 1960 -- Four Postcolonial Capitol Complexes in Search of National Identity -- Papua New Guinea's Concrete Haus Tambaran -- Sri Lanka's Island Parliament -- Precast Arabism for Kuwait -- The Acropolis of Bangladesh -- Designing Power and Identity. Part 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Capitols Architecture--Political aspects Architecture and society.