Power and architecture the construction of capitals and the politics of space / edited by Michael Minkenberg.
| Other author | Minkenberg, Michael, 1959- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, 2014. |
| Description | xiv, 305 pages 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Space and place ; volume 12 |
| Contents | Introduction : power and architecture : the construction of capitals, the politics of space, and the space of politics / Michael Minkenberg -- Capital architecture and national identity / Lawrence J. Vale -- A city of the people, by the people, for the people? : democracy and capital building in Washington, DC, Ottawa, Canberra, and Brasília / Michael Minkenberg -- Capital-building in post-war Germany / Klaus von Beyme -- Berlin : three centuries as capital / Christoph Asendorf -- Image, itinerary, and identity in the "third" Rome / Terry Kirk -- "A capital without a nation" : red Vienna, architecture, and spatial politics between the world wars / Eve Blau -- The ruins of socialism : reconstruction and destruction in Warsaw / David Crowley -- State building as an urban experience : the making of Ankara / Alev Çinar -- Building capital mindscapes for the European Union / Carola Hein. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013041915 |
| ISBN | 9781782380092 (hardback : alkaline paper) |