The City as Text: The Politics of Landscape Interpretation in the Kandyan Kingdom
- ISBN-10
- 0521611962
- ISBN-13
- 9780521611961
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-09
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- James S. Duncan
Description
Argues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life.
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