Building Greater Britain - Architecture, Imperialism and the Edwardian Baroque Revival

Evoking the contemporary and emotive idea of "Greater Britain," this new book by historian G. A. Bremner represents a major, groundbreaking study of this architectural movement in Britain and its empire. It explores the Edwardian Baroque’s significance as a response to the growing tide of anxiety over Britain’s place in the world, its widely perceived geopolitical decline, and its need to bolster confidence in the face of the Great Power rivalries of the period. Cross-disciplinary in nature, it combines architectural, political, and imperial history and theory, providing a more nuanced and intellectually wide-ranging understanding of the Edwardian Baroque movement from a material culture perspective, including its foundation in notions of race and gender.