Written for academics and researchers interested in architectural history, Latin American studies, and the viceregal period, it will make an important contribution to the field.

This book contributes to current debates on nationalism and the arts, the environments of democratic socialism, and postmodernism and neoliberalism.

This book examines the West African kingdom of Dahomey, located in present-day Republic of Benin and looks at its relationship to the religious, cultural, and national identity of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1625-1892), colonial Dahomey (1892-1960) and post-colonial Benin (1960-present).