Diana Jean S Martinez

Concrete Colonialism

Architecture, Urbanism, and the Us Imperial Project in the Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

Diana Jean S. Martinez examines the US colonial project in the Philippines through the innovative use of reinforced concrete, a technology that dominated early twentieth-century construction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781478029014
• ISBN-10: 1478029013
• Artikelnr.: 73657684

Autorenporträt

Diana Jean S. Martinez is Assistant Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The “Master Material” and the “Master Race” 31
2. Stability: The Foundations of US Empire 49
3. Salubrity: Cholera and the “Housing Question” in the Tropical Colony 65
4. Reproducibility: The Burnham Plan and the Architecture of an “Efficient
Machine” 79
5. Scalability: Altering the Archipelagic Interior 103
6. Liquidity: An Interlude on Portland Cement 121
7. Artifice: The “Bastard” Material and a Legitimation Crisis 131
8. Plasticity: Constructing Race, Representing the Nation 151
9. Strength: Defensive Architectures and Manila’s Destruction 171
10. Reconstruction: From Colonial Project to “Foreign Aid” 193
Afterword 205
Notes 213
Bibliography 247
Index