building, dwelling and architecture in British India and Ceylon /
edited by Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash.
New York :
Routledge,
2007.
1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) :
illustrations
The architext series
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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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