Imperial malaise
Few would dispute that the imperial past is visible in the built environment of European cities today. Sweeping changes to the urban fabrics of European metropoles in the second half of the nineteenth century dovetailed with the rise of republics and the new political concept of “nation,” the (by n...
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ABE Journal
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | Few would dispute that the imperial past is visible in the built environment of European cities today. Sweeping changes to the urban fabrics of European metropoles in the second half of the nineteenth century dovetailed with the rise of republics and the new political concept of “nation,” the (by now ugly) convergence of ethnicity, language, culture, and borders demarcating majority polities. The tenuously built, unapologetically proud new nation states of Europe built their self-image not j... |
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