Ashley Jackson

Buildings of Empire (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Buildings of Empire takes the reader on an exciting journey through thirteen territories of the British Empire. From Dublin Castle to the glass and steel of Sir Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank skyscraper, these buildings capture the essence of the imperial experience, painting an intimate portrait of the biggest empire the world has ever seen: the people who made it and the people who resisted it, as well as the legacy of the imperial project throughout the world. Ashley Jackson visits classic examples of the buildings that the British governed from, the forts they (often brutally) imposed their rule from, the railway stations they travelled from, the banks they traded from, the educational establishments they spread their values from, as well as the grand colonial hotels they stayed in, the sporting clubs and botanical gardens where they took their leisure, and the monumental exhibition spaces in which they celebrated the achievements of settlement and imperial endeavour. The history of these buildings does not end with the empire that built them. Their story in the aftermath of empire highlights the continuing legacy of many of the structures and institutions the British left behind, as well as the sometimes unexpected role that these former symbols of alien rule have played in the establishment of new national identities in the years since independence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780191625176
• Artikelnr.: 40184115

Autorenporträt

Ashley Jackson is Professor of Imperial and Military History at King's College London, and a Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the history of the British Empire, including The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction, which is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Dublin Castle
2: King's House, Spanish Town, Jamaica
3: Capitol Building, Williamsburg, Virginia
4: Fort St Angelo, Malta
5: Botanical Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand
6: Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo
7: Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, Malaya
8: Vice-Regal Lodge, Simla
9: Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
10: Raffles Hotel, Singapore
11: Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum
12: British Empire Stadium, Wembley
13: Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index