Territorial ambitions and the gardens of Versailles / Chandra Mukerji.

Main entry:

Mukerji, Chandra.

Title & Author:

Territorial ambitions and the gardens of Versailles / Chandra Mukerji.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Description:

xxiv, 393 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Series:

Cambridge cultural social studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-382) and index.
Glossary of French terms -- 1. The culture of land and the territorial state -- 2. Military ambitions and territorial gardens -- 3. Material innovation and cultural identity -- 4. Techniques of material mobilization -- 5. Social choreography and the politics of place -- 6. Naturalizing power in the new state -- 7. A history of material power.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521496756 (hardback)
9780521496759 (hardback)
0521599598 (pbk.)
9780521599597 (pbk.)

Subject:

Le Nôtre, André Versailles Schlosspark.
Gardens Symbolic aspects France History 17th century.
Military engineering France History 17th century.
Jardins Aspect symbolique France Histoire 17e siècle.
Génie militaire France Histoire 17e siècle.
Boundaries.
Courts and courtiers.
Gardens Symbolic aspects.
Military engineering.
Politics and government
Außenpolitik
Fest
Garten
Gartenbautechnik
Gartenkunst
Staatssymbol
Schlosspark
Tuinen.
Chateau de Versailles.
Jardins Aspect symbolique France 17e siècle.
Génie militaire France 17e siècle.
Jardins Aspect symbolique 17e siècle.
Architecture militaire France Histoire 17e siècle.
France Politics and government 17th century.
Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France) Pictorial works.
France Court and courtiers History 17th century.
France Boundaries.
France Politique et gouvernement 17e siècle.
Jardins de Versailles (Versailles, France) Ouvrages illustrés.
France Cour et courtisans Histoire 17e siècle.
France Frontières.
France.
France Versailles Parc de Versailles.
Frankreich
Schlosspark Versailles
Versailles
France Cour et courtisans 17e siècle.
Versailles (Yvelines) Château Jardins 17e siècle.
Geschichte 1600-1699

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Cambridge cultural social studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192283
Call No.: ID DC126.M85; ID:97-B3377
Status: Available

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