Power and architecture : the construction of capitals and the politics of space /: the construction of capitals and the politics of space. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Minkenberg.
• Editors: Minkenberg, Michael, 1959-
• 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, power, 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.011; Democracy; Liberalism; Democracy and architecture; Capitals (Cities) -- Case studies; Architecture and state; Symbolism in architecture; Public spaces -- Political aspects; Political geography; Human geography; City planning -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; ARCHITECTURE -- General; Architecture and state; Capitals (Cities); City planning; Democracy; Democracy and architecture; Human geography; Liberalism; Political geography; Public spaces -- Political aspects; Symbolism in architecture; Electronic books; Case studies; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782380108; 1782380108; 9781306877893
• Related ISBNs: 130687789X; 1782380094; 9781782380092
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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