Modernism and the Middle East: Architecture and Politics in the Twentieth Century

Book Overview

This provocative collection of essays is the first book-length treatment of the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the twentieth century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, postwar Turkey, and on to present-day Iraq, the essays cohere around the historical encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism's new materials, methods, and motives.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987944
• ISBN13: 9780295987941
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"