Title Building Apartheid : On Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town

Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages) Contents Pt. 1. Self/countryside -- pt. 2. Other/city -- pt. 3. Same/suburb Summary Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid the foundations onto which the edifice of apartheid was built. It unearths the significant role British architects and British architectural ideas played in facilitating white dominance and racial segregation in pre-apartheid Cape Town Notes Print version record Subject Architecture and race -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- History -- 19th century Architecture and race -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- History -- 20th century Architecture, British colonial -- South Africa -- Cape Town City planning -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- History -- 19th century City planning -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- History -- 20th century Apartheid -- South Africa -- Cape Town Apartheid Architecture and race Architecture, British colonial Buildings City planning SUBJECT Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject South Africa -- Cape Town Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317171041 1317171047

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