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Power in Stone: Cities as Symbols of Empire
Geoffrey Parker
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Description for Power in Stone: Cities as Symbols of Empire
Hardcover. From Persepolis to Beijing's Forbidden City, Power in Stone explores cities built as symbols of military, political and economic power. Num Pages: 224 pages, 42. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 439.
Empires have always built cities in their image. From ancient Persia to the Third Reich, imperial powers have sought to reflect their power and influence through a show of magnificence and a reflection of their values. The transposition to stone of the whole imperial edifice has been found throughout the ages to be an effective way both of overawing the populace and intimidating its opponents. It can take the form of statues, pictures, temples, palaces and grand monuments of many sorts. All combine to produce the necessary justification for the wielding of power. It is in the city as the ... Read more
Empires have always built cities in their image. From ancient Persia to the Third Reich, imperial powers have sought to reflect their power and influence through a show of magnificence and a reflection of their values. The transposition to stone of the whole imperial edifice has been found throughout the ages to be an effective way both of overawing the populace and intimidating its opponents. It can take the form of statues, pictures, temples, palaces and grand monuments of many sorts. All combine to produce the necessary justification for the wielding of power. It is in the city as the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780232867
SKU
V9781780232867
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Ref
99-15
About Geoffrey Parker
Geoffrey Parker is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Reaktion's Sovereign City (2004).
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