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  1. Modernism in the metrocolony
    urban cultures of empire in twentieth-century literature
    Author: Vandertop, Caitlin
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Location:
    Universität Mainz, Zentralbibliothek
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    297.770
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781108835626
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: Englisch; Literatur; Kolonialstadt; Moderne
    Scope: 203 Seiten
  2. Modernism in the metrocolony
    urban cultures of empire in twentieth-century literature
    Author: Vandertop, Caitlin
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    "From Oxford to Cape Town, debates over the legacies of the British empire have continued to cluster around features of the built environment. While some commentators have celebrated the British landmarks of cities such as Hong Kong and the imperial... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    "From Oxford to Cape Town, debates over the legacies of the British empire have continued to cluster around features of the built environment. While some commentators have celebrated the British landmarks of cities such as Hong Kong and the imperial histories that they commemorate, others have shown how these structures served to concretise divisions, cement inequalities and create unsustainable coastal ecologies, noting the polarising effects of colonial urban policies as they continue to be felt across postcolonial cities. In this context, disputes over the symbolic presence of monuments, statues and buildings have energised campaigns for postcolonial reparations as well as efforts to 'decolonise the university' in recent years. What such struggles make clear is that a statue or street name is never 'just' a symbol. Rather, these structures shape our lived environments in ways that have lasting material effects, forming flashpoints in everyday struggles over the meanings, values and narratives with which we negotiate the colonial past"--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781108835626
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    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: English literature; Colonial cities in literature; Urbanization in literature; Modernism (Literature)
    Scope: vii, 203 Seiten
    Notes:

    Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 187-199
  3. Modernism in the metrocolony
    urban cultures of empire in twentieth-century literature
    Author: Vandertop, Caitlin
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK ; New York

    Introduction: The colonies in concrete -- Metrocolonial modernism -- Architectures of free trade in Conrad's Singapore -- Synchronising empire time in Joyce's Dublin -- Anglo-Indian crises of development Indian crises of development -- Ecologies of... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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    Introduction: The colonies in concrete -- Metrocolonial modernism -- Architectures of free trade in Conrad's Singapore -- Synchronising empire time in Joyce's Dublin -- Anglo-Indian crises of development Indian crises of development -- Ecologies of empire in Oceanian modernism -- Conclusion: Mega-Dublins "From Oxford to Cape Town, debates over the legacies of the British empire have continued to cluster around features of the built environment. While some commentators have celebrated the British landmarks of cities such as Hong Kong and the imperial histories that they commemorate, others have shown how these structures served to concretise divisions, cement inequalities and create unsustainable coastal ecologies, noting the polarising effects of colonial urban policies as they continue to be felt across postcolonial cities. In this context, disputes over the symbolic presence of monuments, statues and buildings have energised campaigns for postcolonial reparations as well as efforts to 'decolonise the university' in recent years. What such struggles make clear is that a statue or street name is never 'just' a symbol. Rather, these structures shape our lived environments in ways that have lasting material effects, forming flashpoints in everyday struggles over the meanings, values and narratives with which we negotiate the colonial past"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781108835626
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Other subjects: English literature / 20th century / History and criticism; Colonial cities in literature; Urbanization in literature; Modernism (Literature)
    Scope: vii, 203 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  4. Modernism in the metrocolony
    urban cultures of empire in twentieth-century literature
    Author: Vandertop, Caitlin
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    "From Oxford to Cape Town, debates over the legacies of the British empire have continued to cluster around features of the built environment. While some commentators have celebrated the British landmarks of cities such as Hong Kong and the imperial... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    10 A 124830
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    Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) / Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek
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    ER/250/504
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    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
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    2021 A 12811
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    Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim
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    500 EC 5410 S777 V241
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    Bibliotheks-und Informationssystem der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (BIS)
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    ang 443.9 cit DJ 8702
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    "From Oxford to Cape Town, debates over the legacies of the British empire have continued to cluster around features of the built environment. While some commentators have celebrated the British landmarks of cities such as Hong Kong and the imperial histories that they commemorate, others have shown how these structures served to concretise divisions, cement inequalities and create unsustainable coastal ecologies, noting the polarising effects of colonial urban policies as they continue to be felt across postcolonial cities. In this context, disputes over the symbolic presence of monuments, statues and buildings have energised campaigns for postcolonial reparations as well as efforts to 'decolonise the university' in recent years. What such struggles make clear is that a statue or street name is never 'just' a symbol. Rather, these structures shape our lived environments in ways that have lasting material effects, forming flashpoints in everyday struggles over the meanings, values and narratives with which we negotiate the colonial past"--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781108835626
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: English literature; Colonial cities in literature; Urbanization in literature; Modernism (Literature)
    Scope: vii, 203 Seiten
    Notes:

    Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 187-199
  5. Modernism in the metrocolony
    urban cultures of empire in twentieth-century literature
    Author: Vandertop, Caitlin
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK ; New York

    Introduction: The colonies in concrete -- Metrocolonial modernism -- Architectures of free trade in Conrad's Singapore -- Synchronising empire time in Joyce's Dublin -- Anglo-Indian crises of development Indian crises of development -- Ecologies of... more

    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    Location:
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Introduction: The colonies in concrete -- Metrocolonial modernism -- Architectures of free trade in Conrad's Singapore -- Synchronising empire time in Joyce's Dublin -- Anglo-Indian crises of development Indian crises of development -- Ecologies of empire in Oceanian modernism -- Conclusion: Mega-Dublins "From Oxford to Cape Town, debates over the legacies of the British empire have continued to cluster around features of the built environment. While some commentators have celebrated the British landmarks of cities such as Hong Kong and the imperial histories that they commemorate, others have shown how these structures served to concretise divisions, cement inequalities and create unsustainable coastal ecologies, noting the polarising effects of colonial urban policies as they continue to be felt across postcolonial cities. In this context, disputes over the symbolic presence of monuments, statues and buildings have energised campaigns for postcolonial reparations as well as efforts to 'decolonise the university' in recent years. What such struggles make clear is that a statue or street name is never 'just' a symbol. Rather, these structures shape our lived environments in ways that have lasting material effects, forming flashpoints in everyday struggles over the meanings, values and narratives with which we negotiate the colonial past"--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781108835626
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Other subjects: English literature / 20th century / History and criticism; Colonial cities in literature; Urbanization in literature; Modernism (Literature)
    Scope: vii, 203 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index