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245 00 a| Colonial modernitiesh| [electronic resource] :b| building, dwelling and architecture in British India and Ceylon /c| edited by Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Routledge,;

300 a| ix, 287 p. :b| ill., maps ;c| 26 cm.;

490 1 a| The architext series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-278) and index.;

505 00 t| Between materiality and representation : framing an architecural critique of colonial South Asia /r| Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash --t| Stones and texts : the architectural historiography of colonial India and its colonial-modern contexts /r| Peter Scriver --t| The stone books of orientalism /r| Stephen Cairns --t| Empire-building and thinking in the Public Works Department of British India /r| Peter Scriver --t| "Strangers within the gate" : public works and industrial art reform /r| Arindam Dutta --t| Between copying and creation : the Jeypore portfolio of architectural details /r| Vrkamaditya Prakash --t| Institutional audiences and architectural style : the Napier Museum /r| Paul Walker --t| A tomb of one's own : the governor's house, Lahore /r| Sylvia Shorto --t| The other face of primitive accumulation : the garden house in British colonial Bengal /r| Swati Chattopadhyay --t| The trouser under the cloth : personal space in colonial-modern Ceylon /r| Anoma Pieris --t| Negotiated modernities : symbolic terrains of housing in Delhi /r| Jyoti Hosagrahar.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| 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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Colonial modernities building, dwelling and architecture in British India and Ceylon / edited by Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash.

Other author	Scriver, Peter.
Other author	Prakash, Vikramaditya.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge,
Description	ix, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Architecture, British colonial--India. Architecture and society--India. Architecture, British colonial--Sri Lanka. Architecture and society--Sri Lanka.

Series	The architext series The architext series. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents	Between materiality and representation : framing an architecural critique of colonial South Asia / Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash -- Stones and texts : the architectural historiography of colonial India and its colonial-modern contexts / Peter Scriver -- The stone books of orientalism / Stephen Cairns -- Empire-building and thinking in the Public Works Department of British India / Peter Scriver -- "Strangers within the gate" : public works and industrial art reform / Arindam Dutta -- Between copying and creation : the Jeypore portfolio of architectural details / Vrkamaditya Prakash -- Institutional audiences and architectural style : the Napier Museum / Paul Walker -- A tomb of one's own : the governor's house, Lahore / Sylvia Shorto -- The other face of primitive accumulation : the garden house in British colonial Bengal / Swati Chattopadhyay -- The trouser under the cloth : personal space in colonial-modern Ceylon / Anoma Pieris -- Negotiated modernities : symbolic terrains of housing in Delhi / Jyoti Hosagrahar.
Abstract	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'.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-278) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2006028117
ISBN	0415399084 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780415399081 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	0415399092 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780415399098 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	0203964268 (ebk.)
ISBN	9780203964262 (ebk.)

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