India
Modern Architectures in History
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304 pages
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200 halftones
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6 3/4 x 8 1/2
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© 2015
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1. Rationalization: The Call to Order, 1855-1900
2. Complicity and Contradiction in the Colonial Twilight, 1901-1947
3. Nation Building: Architecture in the Service of the Postcolonial State, 1947-1960s
4. Regionalism, Institution Building and the Modern Indian Elite, 1950s-1970s
5. Development and Dissent: The Critical Turn, 1960s-1990s
6. Identity and Difference: The Cultural Turn, 1980s-1990s
7. Towards the ‘Non-modern’: Architecture and Global India since 1990
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
1. Rationalization: The Call to Order, 1855-1900
2. Complicity and Contradiction in the Colonial Twilight, 1901-1947
3. Nation Building: Architecture in the Service of the Postcolonial State, 1947-1960s
4. Regionalism, Institution Building and the Modern Indian Elite, 1950s-1970s
5. Development and Dissent: The Critical Turn, 1960s-1990s
6. Identity and Difference: The Cultural Turn, 1980s-1990s
7. Towards the ‘Non-modern’: Architecture and Global India since 1990
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Review Quotes
Vikramaditya Prakash, Professor of Architecture, University of Washington, author of Chandigarh’s Le Corbusier and coauthor of A Global History of Architecture
“Scriver and Srivastava have produced the definitive analysis of the long trajectory of modern architecture in India, from its naissance in the colonial world to the present, when its fate hangs in the balance. Written in an assured, fluent style, the book weaves together a wealth of detailed information into a narrative that is simultaneously highly readable and scholarly. An essential text for all those interested in the past and future of contemporary Indian architecture.”
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