Title The politics of design in French colonial urbanism / Gwendolyn Wright

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1991] ©1991

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Description viii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Impasse and Ambition -- 2. Colonial Opportunities -- 3. Morocco: Modernization and Preservation -- 4. Indochina: The Folly of Grandeur -- 5. Madagascar: Universal Engineering -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-375) and index Subject Architecture, Colonial -- Political aspects. Architecture, French -- Indochina -- History. Architecture, French -- Indochina. Architecture, French -- Madagascar -- History. Architecture, French -- Madagascar. Architecture, French -- Morocco -- History. Architecture, French -- Morocco. City planning -- Indochina -- History. City planning -- Indochina. City planning -- Madagascar -- History. City planning -- Madagascar. City planning -- Morocco -- History. City planning -- Morocco. SUBJECT France -- Colonies -- Administration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051202 LC no. 90045063 ISBN 0226908461 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226908488 (paperback: alk. paper)

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