Whether determining the style of its embassies or the design of overseas cemeteries for Americans killed in battle, the U.S. government in its rise to global leadership greatly valued architectural symbols as a way of conveying its power abroad. In order to explain the political significance of American monuments on foreign soil, this illustrated book explores the efforts made by the United States from 1900 to 1965 to enhance its image as a military and economic force with displays of artistic achievement. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Die meisten spätmittelalterlichen Gotteshäuser werden von aufwendig errichteten Türmen geprägt.
Ganz bewusst setzt sich das Projekt von den bisherigen Betrachtungen ab. Es geht nicht darum, Stellung zu beziehen, sondern die Debatte und ihre Akteure zum Thema zu machen. Der Palast ist tot und fast schon selber Geschichte.
Zambia re-introduced plural politics were in 1991, backed by neo-liberal economic policies replacing sympathetic welfare ... the 'enabling approach' crystallised in the “Global Shelter Strategy to the Year 2000” (United Nations, 1988).
The Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America's Embassies
"First published in Germany in 1951, and now finally available in English, Günter Bandmann's classic Early Architecture as Bearer of Meaning has had tremendous influence on architectural and medieval historians.