Political landscapes of capital cities / edited by Jessica Joyce Christie, Jelena Bogdanović, and Eulogio Guzmán.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christie, Jessica Joyce, 1956- editor.

Bogdanović, Jelena, 1973- editor.

Guzmán, Eulogio, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitals (Cities).

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Space--Political aspects.

Space.

Landscape archaeology--Political aspects.

Landscape archaeology.

Political anthropology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607324683

1607324687

OCLC:

930875085

Publisher Number:

99968531192