New Delhi: The Last Imperial City

New Delhi: The Last Imperial City
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781137469878
ISBN-13 : 1137469870
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Book Synopsis New Delhi: The Last Imperial City by : D. Johnson

Download or read book New Delhi: The Last Imperial City written by D. Johnson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931.


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