Modern Architecture and its Representation in Colonial Eritrea

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Modern Architecture and its Representation in Colonial Eritrea is written by Dr Sean Anderson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1472414969 (ISBN 10) and 9781472414960 (ISBN 13).

Drawing together imperial projects, modernist aesthetics, and fascist motives, this book examines how the merger of these three significant influences yielded a complex built environment that served to emulate, if not redefine, Italian colonial pursuits. Exploring discourses of modernity in Africa, this book moves between histories of architecture, urbanism and media to describe how Eritrea and Asmara became a crucial fulcrum for Italy's ill-fated pursuits in Ethiopia and other neighboring countries and illustrates how architecture in Asmara reshaped the creation and reception of Italian East Africa.