Mark Hinchman

Gebundenes Buch

Portrait of an Island

The Architecture and Material Culture of Gorée, Sénégal, 1758-1837

Beschreibung

A work of architectural history, Portrait of an Island explores the material culture and social relations of West Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. An examination of the built and natural landscape, Portrait of an Island deciphers the material culture involved in the ever-changing relationships among male, female, rich, poor, free, and slave.

Autor

Mark Hinchman is an associate professor in the Design School at Taylors University, Malaysia, and a professor in the Interior Design Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of History of Furniture: A Global View and The Fairchild Dictionary of Interior Design.

Produktdetails

• Early Modern Cultural Studies
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 824g
• ISBN-13: 9780803254138
• ISBN-10: 080325413X
• Artikelnr.: 42650295