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Author Hartman, Joseph R., author

Title Dictator's dreamscape : how architecture and vision built Machado's Cuba and invented modern Havana / Joseph R. Hartman
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 316 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Temple of the Benevolent Dictator; 2. Repeating Monuments, Repeating Islands; 3. By Ford! Tempests, Airplanes, and Automobiles; 4. Testimonies in Stone and Light; 5. Cárcel Cuba, the Plantation Vortex; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Joseph Hartman focuses on the public works campaign of Cuban president, and later dictator, Gerardo Machado. Political histories often condemn Machado as a US-puppet dictator, overthrown in a labor revolt and popular revolution in 1933. Architectural histories tend to catalogue his regime's public works as derivatives of US and European models. Dictator's Dreamscape reassesses the regime's public works program as a highly nuanced visual project embedded in centuries-old representations of Cuba alongside wider debates on the nature of art and architecture in general, especially in regards to globalization and the spread of US-style consumerism. The cultural production overseen by Machado gives a fresh and greatly broadened perspective on his regime's accomplishments, failures, and crimes. The book addresses the regime's architectural program as a visual and architectonic response to debates over Cuban national identity, US imperialism, and Machado's own cult of personality"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Machado y Morales, Gerardo, 1871-1939.
SUBJECT Machado y Morales, Gerardo, 1871-1939 fast
Machado y Morales, Gerardo 1871-1939 gnd
Subject Architecture -- Cuba -- Havana -- History
Public works -- Cuba -- Havana -- History -- 20th century
15.85 history of America.
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
HISTORY -- General.
Architecture
Buildings
Public works
Baupolitik
Öffentliches Gebäude
SUBJECT Havana (Cuba) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Subject Cuba -- Havana
Havanna
Kuba.
Cuba.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822986492
0822986493