Modernism and the Middle East : architecture and politics in the twentieth century / edited by Sandy Isenstadt and Kishwar Rizvi.
This collection of essays treats the development of modern architecture in the Middle East, ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, and on to present-day Iraq. The essays cohere around the encounter between the politics of nation-building and arch...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
©2008.
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| Series: | Studies in modernity and national identity.
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| Summary: | This collection of essays treats the development of modern architecture in the Middle East, ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, and on to present-day Iraq. The essays cohere around the encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780295800301 0295800305 0295988215 9780295988214 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |