The Politics of Design in French Colonial Urbanism de Gwendolyn Wright - 1991

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1991-09-24. 1. paperback. Used: Good.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. Politics and culture are at once semi-autonomous and intertwined. Nowhere is this more revealingly illustrated than in urban design, a field that encompasses architecture and social life, traditions and modernization. Here aesthetic goals and political intentions meet, sometimes in collaboration, sometimes in conflict. Here the formal qualities of art confront the complexities of history. When urban design policies are implemented, they reveal underlying aesthetic, cultural, and political dilemmas with startling clarity. Gwendolyn Wright focuses on three French colonies-Indochina, Morocco, and Madagascar-that were the most discussed, most often photographed, and most admired showpieces of the French empire in the early twentieth century. She explores how urban policy and design fit into the French colonial policy of "association," a strategy that accepted, even encouraged, cultural differences while it promoted modern urban improvements that would foster… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1991. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 398 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1991. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 398 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1991-09-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!