{"product_id":"reconsidering-tropical-architecture-and-urbanism-deborah-van-der-plaat-9781350406865","title":"Reconsidering Tropical Architecture and Urbanism: Narratives of Disease, Discomfort, Development and Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconsidering Tropical Architecture and Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the complex factors - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom climate to colonialism -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethat have shaped ideas of tropical architecture from the eighteenth century to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile many studies view tropical architecture simply as the development of climatic design strategies and technologies, this book looks deeper, aligning a history of tropical and subtropical architecture with cultural as well as environmental narratives. Themes - ranging from climate, tropical medicine, and health, through to race, identity, whiteness studies, development, decolonization, disaster and resilience - are each examined through a series of insightful case studies spanning diverse geographies including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia. Together, they propose the tropical building or city as a cultural artefact, informed and influenced both by climate and by colonial and post-colonial discourses on the tropical imaginary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDivided into four sections, each introduced by a key cultural or environmental historian, the book presents four overarching themes - Disease, Discomfort, Development, and Disaster - which encapsulate different anxieties surrounding colonisation, acclimatisation, settlement, and decolonisation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenging existing perceptions of tropical architecture and inviting readers to critically reassess established narratives, \u003ci\u003eReconsidering Tropical Architecture and Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e presents an alternative history that exposes the intertwined relationships between tropical architecture, climate, colonialism, settler colonialism, and labour in the global south.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Van Der Plaat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350406864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350406865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Deborah Van Der Plaat","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659348259071,"sku":"9781350406865","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e52e5686-246b-48d5-a1da-584fabd1b33e.jpg?v=1781200943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reconsidering-tropical-architecture-and-urbanism-deborah-van-der-plaat-9781350406865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}