ISBN10: 0754675122, ISBN13: 9780754675129, [publisher: Ashgate Pub Co] Hardcover 336 pages. 9.29x6.42x1.34 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]

Oxford Routledge 2012 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 456 p. Design and the Built Environment.

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Ashgate Pub Co, Date: 2012. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 9.29x6.42x1.34 inches. 2012. Ashgate Pub Co ISBN 0754675122 9780754675129 [GB]

ISBN10: 0754675122, ISBN13: 9780754675129, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0754675122, ISBN13: 9780754675129, [publisher: Ashgate Publishing] Hardcover First Edition Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested Histories (Design and the Built Environment) by Demissie, Fassil Publisher Ashgate Publishing | 2012 | Hardcover | First edition | Very good condition | one small bump to top right cover | ISBN 9780754675129 | i-xviii + 438pp includes bibliographical references and index. Colonial architecture and urbanism carved its way through space: ordering and classifying the built environment, while projecting the authority of European powers across Africa in the name of science and progress. The built urban fabric left by colonial powers attests to its lingering impacts in shaping the present and the future trajectory of postcolonial cities in Africa. Colonial Architecture and Urbanism explores the intersection between architecture and urbanism as discursive cultural projects in Africa. Like other colonial institutions such as the courts, police, prisons, and schools, that were crucial in establishing and maintaining political domination, colonial architecture and urbanism played s pivotal role in shaping the spatial and social structures of African cities during the 19th and 20th centuries. Indeed, it is the cultural destination of colonial architecture and urbanism and the connection between them and colonialism that the volume seeks to critically address. The contributions drawn from different ...
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ISBN10: 0754675122, ISBN13: 9780754675129, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover
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