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This book considers the large-scale public architecture associated with French imperialism in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century India, Siam, and Vietnam, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Indochina. A comprehensive study of structures that rank among the most fascinating examples of intercultural exchange in the history of global empires.

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“Erudite and engaging, The Architecture of Empire is a major achievement in the fields of architectural history and postcolonial studies. One of its most interesting contributions is the way it shows how nostalgia for the past – or for an imagined past – informed French colonial and architectural policy in later eras.” Meredith Martin, New York University

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9780228011422, 978-0228011422
      ISBN10: 0228011426
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      Book Synopsis
      This book considers the large-scale public architecture associated with French imperialism in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century India, Siam, and Vietnam, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Indochina. A comprehensive study of structures that rank among the most fascinating examples of intercultural exchange in the history of global empires.

      Trade Review

      “Erudite and engaging, The Architecture of Empire is a major achievement in the fields of architectural history and postcolonial studies. One of its most interesting contributions is the way it shows how nostalgia for the past – or for an imagined past – informed French colonial and architectural policy in later eras.” Meredith Martin, New York University

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