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American Imperial Pastoral
Rebecca Tinio McKenna
其他書名
The Architecture of US Colonialism in the Philippines
出版University of Chicago Press, 2017-01-20
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Asia / GeneralArchitecture / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)Science / Earth Sciences / Geography
ISBN022641793X9780226417936
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nEGvDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In 1904, renowned architect Daniel Burnham, the Progressive Era urban planner who famously “Made No Little Plans,” set off for the Philippines, the new US colonial acquisition. Charged with designing environments for the occupation government, Burnham set out to convey the ambitions and the dominance of the regime, drawing on neo-classical formalism for the Pacific colony. The spaces he created, most notably in the summer capital of Baguio, gave physical form to American rule and its contradictions.

In American Imperial Pastoral, Rebecca Tinio McKenna examines the design, construction, and use of Baguio, making visible the physical shape, labor, and sustaining practices of the US’s new empire—especially the dispossessions that underwrote market expansion. In the process, she demonstrates how colonialists conducted market-making through state-building and vice-versa. Where much has been made of the racial dynamics of US colonialism in the region, McKenna emphasizes capitalist practices and design ideals—giving us a fresh and nuanced understanding of the American occupation of the Philippines.