Building Greater Britain : architecture, imperialism, and the Edwardian Baroque Revival, c.1885 - 1920 / G. A. Bremner.
Published / Created:
London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2022.New Haven : Yale University Press
Physical Description:
xi, 356 pages : illustrations (black and white and color) ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-341) and index.
Contents:
Styling Greater Britain: language, gender, and the Edwardian Baroque Revival -- Imperial decline?: anxiety, 'efficiency', and rebuilding state power -- Crimson threads: constructing Britishness in the dominions -- Building for eternity: Hebert Baker, the 'Grand Manner', and imperial patriotism -- The rule of law: legal imperialism and fabricating British justice -- In memoriam: monuments, memorials, and the architectonics of memory -- Asset building: global finance and the sturctures on gentlemanly capitalism -- Nerves and nodal points: communcations and the formation of imperial networking.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Great Britain -- History. | Imperialism -- Great Britain. | Architecture, Edwardian -- Great Britain. | Imperialism and architecture -- Great Britain.