[Book review]

Author

Osborne, Brian S.

Document type

Compte rendu de livre

Language

English

Source

Landscape history. 1989, Vol. 11, p. 103-104

ISSN

0143-3768

Abstract (en)

Book whose central premise is that the British Empire "impressed its image upon more than a quarter of the world's area at one time or another and represents the most geographically widespread experiment in landscape transformation under colonial conditions." Considers architecture, administration, economics, agriculture and social and cultural relations.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture
• Colonial
• Architecture
• Administration
• Economics
• Agriculture
• Society
• Culture
• British Empire
• Imperialism
• Great Britain
• 1800-2000
• Topography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture
• Colonial (art)
• Architecture
• Administration
• Economie
• Agriculture
• Société
• Culture
• Empire britannique
• Impérialisme
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-2000
• Topographie

Review of

19910701-00454556

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454557

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