Architecture and Independence: The Search for Identity - India 1880 to 1980
- Ahmedabad CEPT University Press 1997
- 368p.
1. Architecture and Identity: Nationalism, Regionalism and Individualism p.1, 2. Antecedents and Precedents-India before 1857 p.21, 3. The Imperial Heyday-1858 to 1910 p.69, 4. Indian Nationalism and the Arts1880 to 1940 p.115, 5. Towards Independence The Architectural Profession and its Architecture: 1900 to 1950 p.140, 6. Independence- The Views of India's Future 1940 to 1950 p.182, 7. Nehru's India Searching for a Suitable Architecture 1945 to 1980 p.192, 8. The Architecture of Independence: Rethinking Modernism, Traditionalism and Revivalism- The Years from 1964 to 1980 and beyond p.253, 9. India in a Globalising World p.310, Glossary p.317, Appendix 1: A Draft Manifesto for the Proposed All-India League of Indian Architecture p.320, Appendix 2: A Petition Presented to His Majesty's Principal Secretary for the State of India p.322, Appendix 3: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Chandigarh p.324, Bibliography p.325, Interviews Cited p.343, Index p.344