Ithaca: Cornell University Press, Date: 2003. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 10" X 7". vii, 253pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Faint toning to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink to inside of front cover. Stamp from Kennedy Book Store to half-title page. Occasional highlighting to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the royal pew of Ivan the Terrible, to Catherine the Great's use of landscape, to the struggles between the Orthodox Church and preservationists in post-Soviet Yaroslavl-across five centuries of Russian history, Russian leaders have used architecture to project unity, identity, and power. Church architecture has inspired national cohesion and justified political control while representing the claims of religion in brick, wood, and stone. The architectural vocabulary of the Soviet state celebrated industrialization, mechanization, and communal life. Buildings and landscapes have expressed utopian urges as well as lofty spiritual goals. Country houses and memorials have encoded their own messages. In Architectures of Russian Identity, James Cracraft and Daniel Rowland gather a group of authors from a wide variety of backgrounds-including history and architectural history, linguistics, literary studies, geography, and political science-to survey the political and symbolic meanings of many different kinds of structures. Fourteen heavily illustrated chapters demonstrate ...

ISBN10: 0801488281, ISBN13: 9780801488283, [publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca] Softcover Paperback. 10" X 7". vii, 253pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Faint toning to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink to inside of front cover. Stamp from Kennedy Book Store to half-title page. Occasional highlighting to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the royal pew of Ivan the Terrible, to Catherine the Great's use of landscape, to the struggles between the Orthodox Church and preservationists in post-Soviet Yaroslavl-across five centuries of Russian history, Russian leaders have used architecture to project unity, identity, and power. Church architecture has inspired national cohesion and justified political control while representing the claims of religion in brick, wood, and stone. The architectural vocabulary of the Soviet state celebrated industrialization, mechanization, and communal life. Buildings and landscapes have expressed utopian urges as well as lofty spiritual goals. Country houses and memorials have encoded their own messages. In Architectures of Russian Identity, James Cracraft and Daniel Rowland gather a group of authors from a wide variety of backgrounds-including history and architectural history, linguistics, literary studies, geography, and political science-to survey the political and symbolic meanings of many different kinds of ...
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Ithaca Cornell University Press 2003 Trade paperback Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

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Cornell Univ Pr, Date: 2003. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 272 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. 2003. Cornell Univ Pr ISBN 0801488281 9780801488283 [GB]

ISBN10: 0801488281, ISBN13: 9780801488283, [publisher: Cornell Univ Pr] Softcover 1st edition. 272 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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Cornell Univ Pr, Date: 2003. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 272 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. 2003. Cornell Univ Pr ISBN 0801488281 9780801488283 [GB]

As new. No visible flaws. Text unmarked. Spine tight. Notes . Contributors . Index. Date: 2003. Cornell University Press ISBN 0801488281 9780801488283 [US]