Colonial Modernities

Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon

Edited by Peter Scriver, Vikramaditya Prakash

Series: Architext 

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'From vernacular to monumental architecture, numerous examples of legacies of colonial practices are found throughout South Asia and this book takes the first steps toward introducing their ideological underpinnings, theorizing and narrating them into a particular intellectual space.' – Cities
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