The politics of design in French colonial urbanism / Gwendolyn Wright.

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Wright, Gwendolyn.

Title & Author:

The politics of design in French colonial urbanism / Gwendolyn Wright.

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Description:

viii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-375) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Impasse and Ambition -- 2. Colonial Opportunities -- 3. Morocco: Modernization and Preservation -- 4. Indochina: The Folly of Grandeur -- 5. Madagascar: Universal Engineering -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

"Politics and culture are at once semi-autonomous and intertwined. Nowhere is this more revealingly illustrated than in urban design, a field that encompasses architecture and social life, traditions and modernization. Here aesthetic goals and political intentions meet, sometimes in collaboration, sometimes in conflict. Here the formal qualities of art confront the complexities of history. When urban design policies are implemented, they reveal underlying aesthetic, cultural, and political dilemmas with startling clarity". --Publisher.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226908461 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226908465 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226908488 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226908489 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, French Morocco.
City planning Morocco.
Architecture, French Indochina.
City planning Indochina.
Architecture, French Madagascar.
City planning Madagascar.
Architecture française Maroc.
Urbanisme Maroc.
Architecture française Indochine.
Urbanisme Indochine.
Architecture française Madagascar.
Urbanisme Madagascar.
Morocco.
Madagascar.
France.
colonialism.
urban planning.
dwellings.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architecture, French
City planning
French colonies
Colonies Administration
Kolonialismus
Städtebau
Koloniale periode.
Bouwkunst.
Fransen.
Geschichte (1890-1940)
France Colonies Administration.
Indochina
Frankreich
Madagaskar
Marokko
Architecture History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 73444
Call No.: ID PLS NA1590.2.M44 W75; ID:92-B1679
Status: Available

Location: Library main 73443
Call No.: ID PLB NA1590.2.M44 W75; ID:92-B1679
Status: Available

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