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An aesthetic occupation : the immediacy of architecture and the Palestine conflict / Daniel Bertrand Monk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monk, Daniel Bertrand, 1960-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monuments--Political aspects--Palestine.
- Monuments.
- Religion and politics--Palestine.
- Religion and politics.
- Religion and geography.
- Sacred space--Palestine.
- Sacred space.
- Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.
- Palestine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The contested politics of space and architecture in Mandate Palestine.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Foundation Stone of Our National Existence, without Exaggeration
- PART I STONE
- 1 A Hieroglyph Designed by God
- PART II TILE
- 2 An Unmistakable Sign
- 3 You are Blind to the Meaning of the Dome of the Rock
- 4 Cataclysm and Pogrom: An Exergue on the Naming of Violence
- PART III PAPER
- 5 Sir Alfred Mond's After-Dinner Eloquence
- 6 Designs on Our Holy Places
- PART IV CELLULOID
- Conclusion: A Terrible Caricature
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-227) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612920066
- 9781282920064
- 1282920065
- 9780822383307
- 0822383306
- OCLC:
- 841913400
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