| Physical description |
1 online resource (xvii, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The spatial turn and political landscapes of capital cities / Eulogio Guzmán, Jessica Joyce Christie, and Jelena Bogdanović -- Akhenaten's Amarna in new kingdom Egypt : relations of landscape and ideology / Jessica Joyce Christie -- "Memorials of the ability of them all" : tetrarchic displays in the Roman Forum's central area / Gregor Kalas -- The relational spiritual geopolitics of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire / Jelena Bogdanović -- Beyond the ashes : the making of Bangkok as the capital city of Siam / Melody Rod-ari -- Monumental perceptions of the Tiwanaku landscape / Alexei Vranich -- The Inka capital Cusco as the model of an imperial cultural landscape / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Making landfall : anchoring authority in the public and private political sphere of the basin of Mexico / Eulogio Guzmán -- Provincial capital vs. peasant capital : a subaltern perspective on urban rise and fall from grace / Anne Parmly Toxey -- La Parola al Piccone : demonstrations of fascism at the Imperial Fora and the mausoleum of Augustus / Stephanie Zeier Pilat -- Tehran : a revolution in making / Talinn Grigor -- Conclusions : Ontological relations and the spatial politics of capital cities / Jelena Bogdanović, Jessica Joyce Christie, and Eulogio Guzmán. |
| Summary |
"Investigates the transformation of landscapes into culturally constructed and ideologically defined political environments of capital cities. In this spatially inclusive, socially dynamic interpretation, an interdisciplinary group uses a methodology to expose the associations between human-made environments and the natural landscape that accommodate socio-political needs of governmental authority"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Notes |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other author |
Christie, Jessica Joyce, 1956- editor.
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Bogdanović, Jelena, 1973- editor.
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Guzmán, Eulogio, editor.
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| Subject |
Capitals (Cities)
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Cities and towns, Ancient.
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Space -- Political aspects.
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Landscape archaeology -- Political aspects.
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Political anthropology.
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Electronic books. |
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dissertations. |
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Academic theses |
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Academic theses. |
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Thèses et écrits académiques. |
| ISBN |
9781607324690 (electronic bk.) |
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1607324695 (electronic bk.) |
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9781607324683 (electronic bk.) |
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1607324687 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard Number |
99970736577 |
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