Humanities & Social Sciences

Inner empire

Architecture and Imperialism in the British Isles, 1550-1950

by Daniel Maudlin, Alex Bremner

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Inner Empire explores the impact of imperial cultures on the landscapes and urban environments of the British Isles from the sixteenth century through to the twentieth century. It asserts that Britain's four-hundred year entanglement with global empire left its mark upon the British Isles as much as it did the wider world. Buildings stood as one of the most conspicuous manifestations of the myriad relationships that Britain maintained with the theory and practice of colonialism in its modern history. Divided into two main sections, the volume's content considers 'internal' colonisation and its infrastructures of control, order, and suppression, alongside wider relationships between architecture, the imperial economy, and cultural identity. Taken together, the essays in this volume present for the first time a coherent analysis of the British Isles as an imperial setting understood through its buildings, spaces, and infrastructure.

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Inner Empire is the first volume to consider the impact of imperial cultures on the landscapes and urban environments of the British Isles from the sixteenth century through to the twentieth century. Bringing together world leading scholars, the book asserts that Britain's four-hundred year entanglement with global empire left its mark upon the British Isles as much as it did the wider world. Buildings stood literally as one of the most conspicuous manifestations of the myriad relationships that Britain maintained with the theory and practice of colonialism in its modern history. Opening with an introductory chapter on the state of scholarship in the field, the volume considers both the 'internal' colonisation of the British Isles and its infrastructures of control, as well as that concerning wider relationships between architecture, the imperial economy, and cultural identity. It takes a holistic approach in examining the connective tissues that link country houses and canals, government buildings and slum dwellings. Collectively, the essays reveal the role of buildings in the making of 'imperial Britain' not only from the perspective of those who commissioned and designed them, but also from those who used, occupied, and spent their lives in and around them. At the foundation of each of the essays comprising the volume is the central question how and why did empire affect the buildings and spaces of the British Isles. Studying these today is important in coming to terms with the full extent of Britain's imperial legacy in the twenty-first century.

Author Biography

G. A. Bremner is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh Daniel Maudlin is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Plymouth

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date July 2024
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781526142665 / 152614266X
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPrint PDF
  • Pages360
  • ReadershipGeneral/trade
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions234 X 156 mm
  • Biblio NotesDerived from Proprietary 4990
  • SeriesStudies in Imperialism
  • Reference Code12274

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