A history of architecture and trade / edited by Patrick Haughey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haughey, Patrick, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--History.

Architecture and society.

Commerce--Social aspects--History.

Commerce.

Commerce--Social aspects.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 229 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

A History of Architecture and Trade draws together essays from an international roster of distinguished and emerging scholars to critically examine the important role architecture and urbanism played in the past five hundred years of global trading, moving away from a conventional Western narrative. The book uses an alternative holistic lens through which to view the development of architecture and trade, covering diverse topics such as the coercive urbanism of the Dutch East India Company; how slavery and capitalism shaped architecture and urbanization; and the importance of Islamic trading in the history of global trade. Each chapter examines a key site in history, using architecture, landscape and urban scale as evidence to show how trade has shaped them. It will appeal to scholars and researchers interested in areas such as world history, economic and trade history and architectural history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Legacies of Colonialism: Towards an Architectural History of Capitalism / Patrick Haughey

Spices, Spies and Speculation: Trust and Control in the Early Batavia-Amsterdam System / Robert Cowherd

Cities of Incense and Myrrh: Fantasy and Capitalism in the Arabian Gulf / Nasser Rabbat

Borneo, the River Effect and the Spirit World Millionaires / Mark Jarzombek

House as Marketplace: Swahili merchant houses and their urban context in the later Middle Ages / Thomas Gensheimer

An Anachronism of Trade: The Mercato Nuovo in Florence (1546-51) / Lauren Jacobi

Merchant Identity: The Cartographic Impulse in the Architectural Sculpture of the Llotja of Palma de Mallorca / Doron Bauer

The Travel of a Merchant throughout the Islamic World / Cecilia Fumagalli

Savannah's Custom House: A Peculiar construction of galvanized iron apparently durable and well adapted to a southern climate / Dennis DeWitt

The Modernization of a Port in British India: Calcutta, 1870-1880 / Aniruddha Bose

Building the Marble Elephant: The Creation of Philadelphia's Iconic City Hall / Glen Umberger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138635739

1138635731

OCLC:

975373157