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008			130520s2013 enka grb 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780199589388: _cRs.1195.00 _q(Hb)
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082	0	4	_221st _a720.941 _bJAC/B
100	1		_aJackson, Ashley, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBuildings of empire / _cAshley Jackson.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2013.
264		4	_c©2013
300			_axiv, 317 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Dublin Castle -- A tale of two towns: Spanish Town, Jamaica and Williamsburg, Virginia -- Fort St Angelo, Malta -- Botanical Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand -- Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo -- Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, Malaya -- Viceregal Lodge, Simla -- Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne -- Raffles Hotel, Singapore -- Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum -- Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong -- British Empire Stadium, Wembley -- Conclusion: from empire to nation -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_a"Buildings of Empire takes the reader on an exciting journey through thirteen territories of the British Empire. From Dublin Castle to the glass and steel of Sir Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank skyscraper, these buildings capture the essence of the imperial experience, painting an intimate portrait of the biggest empire the world has ever seen: the people who made it and the people who resisted it, as well as the legacy of the imperial project throughout the world. Ashley Jackson visits classic examples of the buildings that the British governed from, the forts they (often brutally) imposed their rule from, the railway stations they travelled from, the banks they traded from, the educational establishments they spread their values from, as well as the grand colonial hotels they stayed in, the sporting clubs and botanical gardens where they took their leisure, and the monumental exhibition spaces in which they celebrated the achievements of settlement and imperial endeavour. The history of these buildings does not end with the empire that built them. Their story in the aftermath of empire highlights the continuing legacy of many of the structures and institutions the British left behind, as well as the sometimes unexpected role that these former symbols of alien rule have played in the establishment of new national identities in the years since independence."--Publisher's website.
650		0	_aArchitecture _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aArchitecture, Colonial _xHistory.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xColonies _xHistory.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1604/2013940860-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1604/2013940860-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1604/2013940860-t.html
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