Spatial cleansing: Monumental vacuity and the idea of the west

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 127-149

  Herzfeld, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historic conservation; Power class; Southern Europe; Spatiality; Thailand

Indexed keywords

TOWN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THAILAND;

EID: 33646387450     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183506063016     Document Type: Article

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