The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe

Space, Place, and the Construction of an Imperial Environment, 1860-1960
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6372-147-9
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Landscape and Heritage Studies

Empires stretched around the world, but also made their presence felt in architecture and urban landscapes. The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe traces the entanglement of the European built environment with overseas imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As part of imperial networks between metropole and colonies, in cities as diverse as Glasgow, Hamburg, or Paris, numerous new buildings were erected such as factories, mission houses, offices, and museums. These sites developed into the physical manifestations of imperial networks. As Europeans designed, used, and portrayed them, these buildings became meaningful imperial places that conveyed the power relations of empire and Eurocentric self-images. Engaging with recent debates about colonial history and heritage, this book combines a variety of sources, an interdisciplinary approach, and an international scope to produce a cultural history of European imperial architecture across borders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Groten, Miel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures

Abbreviations

Introduction. The places of empire

Chapter 1. Gates to the ‘heathen world’

Part I. Mission houses, religion, and the civilising mission

Part II. The Missionshaus in Basel

Chapter 2. Imperial cities, imperial citizens

Part I. Imperial identities in government- and public buildings

Part II. The City Chambers in Glasgow

Chapter 3. The cultural effects of economic entanglements

Part I. Factories and industries in imperial culture

Part II. The rice mills in the Zaan region

Chapter 4. Business palaces to rule the waves

Part I. Maritime ambitions in shipping line offices

Part II. The HAPAG head office in Hamburg

Chapter 5. Propaganda and science in imperial museums

Part I. Ethnographic and colonial museums

Part II. The Musée des Colonies in Paris

Conclusion

Figures

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Groten, Miel
Miel Groten is a historian of modern colonial history, whose research areas include imperialism’s impact on European countries, its relation to architecture, and the role of transnational entanglements. He has previously worked as researcher and lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and as Johan Huizinga Fellow at the Rijksmuseum.