A bold reassessment of the major architectural monuments and urban forms of the world’s first industrial city: Manchester
In this, the first book to examine the interactions between modern architecture, imperialism and post-imperialism, Mark Crinson looks at the architecture of the last years of the British Empire, and during its prolonged dissolution and aftermath.
Empire Building is a study of how and why western architecture was exported to the East and how Islamic and Byzantine architectural ideas and styles impacted on the West.