Concrete Colonialism: Architecture, Urbanism, and the US Imperial Project in the Philippines
• Duke University Press • ISBN 9781478032380
Concrete Colonialism: Architecture, Urbanism, and the US Imperial Project in the Philippines
• Duke University Press • ISBN-13 9781478032380
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ISBN 9781478032380 • Completeness 48
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During US colonial rule in the Philippines, reinforced concrete was used to the near exclusion of all other building materials. In Concrete Colonialism , Diana Jean S. Martinez examines the motivations for and lasting effects of this forgotten colonial policy. Arguing that the pervasive use of reinforced concrete technologies revolutionized techniques of imperial conquest, Martinez shows how concrete reshaped colonia
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