Chandigarh's Le Corbusier: The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India
(Part of the Studies in Modernity and National Identity Series)
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When India emerged from colonial rule in 1947, the division of Punjab left its historic capital, Lahore, in newly created Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru insisted that Punjab's new capital, Chandigarh, should be a symbol of the nation's faith in the future, unfettered by the traditions of the past. Its design and construction galvanized national attention, and Le Corbusier, the icon of European architectural modernism, was invited...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0295982071
ISBN13:9780295982076
Release Date:August 2002
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.4" x 10.3"
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