Colonial Kollupitiya and Its Environs
| Author | : H. M. Mervyn Herath |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Kollupitiya (Colombo, Sri Lanka) |
| ISBN | : |
Local history and structures of Kollupitiya area of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Colonial Kollupitiya And Its Environs
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People's Spaces
| Author | : Nihal Perera |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2015-10-23 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1317962591 |
Who controls space? Powerful corporations, institutions, and individuals have great power to create physical and political space through income and influence. People’s Spaces attempts to understand the struggle between people and institutions in the spaces they make. Current literature on cities and planning often looks at popular resistance to institutional authority through open, mass-movement protest. These views overlook the fact that subaltern classes are not often afforded the luxury of open, organized political protest. People’s Spaces investigates individual’s diverse approaches in reconciling the difference between their spatial needs and spatial availability. Through case studies in Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, and Central Asia, the book explores how people accommodate their spatial needs for everyday activities and cultural practices within a larger abstract spatial context produced by the power-holders.
Architecture and Nationalism in Sri Lanka
| Author | : Anoma Pieris |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0415630029 |
The role of the home, the domestic sphere and the intimate, ethno-cultural identities that are cultivated within it, are critical to understanding the polemical constructions of country and city; tradition and modernity; and regionalism and cosmopolitanism. The home is fundamental to ideas of the homeland that give nationalism its imaginative form and its political trajectory. This book explores positions that are vital to ideas of national belonging through the history of colonial, bourgeois self-fashioning and post colonial identity construction in Sri Lanka. The country remains central to related architectural discourses due to its emergence as a critical site for regional architecture, post-independence. Suggesting patterns of indigenous accommodation and resistance that are expressed through built form, the book argues that the nation grows as an extension of an indigenous private sphere, ostensibly uncontaminated by colonial influences, domesticating institutions and appropriating rural geographies in the pursuit of its hegemonic ideals. This ambitious, comprehensive, wide-ranging book presents an abundance of new and original material and many imaginative insights into the history of architecture and nationalism from the mid nineteenth century to the present day.
Society And Space
| Author | : Nihal Perera |
| Publisher | : Westview Press |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 1998-04-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Here author Nihal Perera traces the historical construction of contemporary social space in Sri Lanka, through the lens of successively colonized and decolonized, then postcolonial spatial transformations. Perera argues that the politics governing the construction of space is of primary importance for those seeking to understand a particular society and culture.
Decolonizing Ceylon
| Author | : Nihal Perera |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Postcolonialism |
| ISBN | : |
They Call Him Ken
| Author | : Savithri Rodrigo |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Businessmen |
| ISBN | : 9789553834805 |
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Sri Lanka
| Author | : DK Travel |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2016-09-20 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1465459812 |
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sri Lanka is your in-depth guide to the very best of this beautiful and diverse country. Explore Sri Lanka region-by-region, from Colombo and the beaches on its idyllic west coast to Kandy and the Hill Country to Jaffna and the north. Visit Yala National Park to see wildlife, play a game of cricket, and take a pilgrimage to Adam's Peak. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sri Lanka. + Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. + Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. + Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums. + Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area. + Area maps marked with sights. + Detailed city maps include street finder indexes for easy navigation. + Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. + Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sri Lanka truly shows you this country as no one else can.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Sri Lanka
| Author | : DK |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2014-09-01 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 146543271X |
A new first-edition DK Eyewitness Travel Guide A wealth of history, culture, and natural beauty awaits in Sri Lanka, an island nation located just off India's southern coast. This new first-edition DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sri Lanka delivers the full DK Eyewitness Travel Guides treatment--including the famous cutaway illustrations of major architectural and historic sights, museum floor plans, and maps. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sri Lanka includes everything a traveler needs to know to experience the best Sri Lanka has to offer. Photography, illustrations, and maps show the sights of Sri Lanka in full color throughout, while themed itineraries help travelers plan trips by length of stay and by interest. Hotels and restaurant listings include DK Choice special recommendations and an array of options for all budget levels. The guidebook is organized with maps and historical overviews for each region, and neighborhood walking maps include restaurant locations by area, as well as key sights not to miss. Expert travel writers explain the stories the behind the sights and include overviews of the nation's history and culture so you always discover more about the places you visit. From spectacular national parks to manicured tea plantations, beautiful beaches, and the bustling capital city of Colombo, this country offers vacation options for all types of travelers. And, with hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sri Lanka truly shows you this destination as no one else can.
