TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scriver,Peter
AU  - Prakash,Vikramaditya
TI  - Colonial modernities: building, dwelling and architecture in British India and Ceylon 
T2  - The architext series
SN  - 9780415399081 (hbk : alk. paper)
U1  - 720.9410954 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Architecture, British colonial
KW  - India
KW  - Architecture and society
KW  - Sri Lanka
N2  - A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, Colonial Modernities challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006028117.html
ER  -