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Israel lessons : industrial Arcadia.
Fine Arts Library NA6403.I75 I77 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Teaching and Research in Architecture ; 9.
- Teaching and Research in Architecture ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrialization--Environmental aspects--Israel.
- Industrialization.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects--Israel.
- Architecture.
- Architecture, Industrial--Israel.
- Architecture, Industrial.
- Landscapes--Israel.
- Landscapes.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Industrialization--Environmental aspects.
- Israel.
- Physical Description:
- 195 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Zurich, Switzerland : Park Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book, based on recent research at EPFL?s Laboratory Basel (laba), offers a critical look at the area that today forms the state of Israel and the Palestinian Territories and the lasting historical role of agriculture, which sprang from the Neolithic revolution in the Middle East, had for a wide range of aspects of human social and ecological development. Topics considered include agriculture?s role in territorial appropriation and domestication, in structuring the development of urbanization, in creating a national homeland narrative for the Jewish state, and in changing the climate. Israel Lessons explores in particular the three major types of Israeli agricultural development: vernacular Palestinian/Bedouin, socialist utopian Kibbutz/Moshav, and contemporary high-tech desert farming.00Presenting findings through text matched to striking images, graphics, and maps, and featuring proposals for architectural intervetions, Israel Lessons demonstrates how facts and narratives related to agriculture and the climate crisis are intertwined with geopolitics and sectarian ideals of an earthly paradise.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9783038600879
- 3038600873
- OCLC:
- 1023361733
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