Indigenous Modernities: Negotiating Architecture and Urbanism
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1st ed.
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ISBN
0415323762
Length
xiv+234p., Figures; Tables; Plates; Maps; Notes; Index; 24cm.
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Challenging conventional and Western approaches to urbanism, this book examines the case of Delhi and how it has evolved from "traditional" to "modern", whilst asking what these terms truly mean in the context of the built environment. This book examines the ways in which a historic, and so-called 'traditional' city quietly mutated into one that was modern in its own terms not only in form but also in its use and meaning. Through a study of ...
