Neocolonialism and Built Heritage: Echoes of Empire in Africa, Asia, and Europe (Architext)

Synopsis

Architectural relics of nineteenth and twentieth-century colonialism dot cityscapes throughout our globalizing world, just as built traces of colonialism remain embedded within the urban fabric of many European capitals. Neocolonialism and Built Heritage addresses the sustained presence and influence of historic built environments and processes inherited from colonialism within the contemporary lives of cities in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Novel in their focused consideration of ways in which these built environments reinforce neocolonialist connections among former colonies and colonizers, states and international organizations, the volume’s case studies engage highly relevant issues such as historic preservation, heritage management, tourism, toponymy, and cultural imperialism. Interrogating the life of the past in the present, authors thus challenge readers to consider the roles played by a diversity of historic built environments in the ongoing asymmetrical balance of power and unequal distribution capital around the globe. They present buildings’ maintenance, management, reuse, and (re)interpretation, and in so doing they raise important questions, the ramifications of which transcend the specifics of the individual sites and architectural histories they present.

Copyright:

2019

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780429769511

Related ISBNs:

9780429429286, 9781138368385, 9781138368385, 9781138368378, 9781138368378

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/05/19

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Daniel E. Coslett

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Education

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Daniel E. Coslett