| Description |
1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Constitution; 1 The Idealized Republic: The Constitution of 1940; 2 Better Cities, Better Citizens: The Political Function of Planning; 3 A Perfect Structuring: Representing the Nation as Plan and Purpose; II CITY; 4 Public Works: Constructing the Urban Spaces of Civil Society; 5 Master Plans: The Retrospective Order of the Plan Piloto de la Habana; 6 Historic Districts: The Regulation of the Past in Habana Vieja; III MONUMENT; 7 The Experience of Civic Conscience: Designs for the Monumento a Marti |
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8 The Prospect of cubanidad: Figural Forms and the Palacio de las PalmasEpilogue: Futures of Constitutional Modernism; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces. Analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the Cuban Republic, Timothy Hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution in 1940 up until the Cuban Revolution. By arguing that constitutionalism was elaborated through architectural principles and p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Architecture and society -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
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City planning -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
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Modern movement (Architecture) -- Cuba
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General.
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Architecture and society
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City planning
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Modern movement (Architecture)
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Cuba
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452940151 |
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1452940150 |
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9780816678105 |
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0816678103 |
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0816678111 |
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9780816678112 |
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9781452947938 |
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1452947937 |
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