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Third world modernism : architecture, development and identity / edited by Duanfang Lu.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modern movement (Architecture)--Developing countries.
- Modern movement (Architecture).
- Architecture and society--Developing countries--History--20th century.
- Architecture and society.
- Architecture and globalization--Developing countries--History--20th century.
- Architecture and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War. The topics look at modernism's part in the transnational development of building technologies and the construction of national and cultural identity. Architectural modernism is far more than another instance of Western expansionist aspirations; it has been developed in cross-cultural spaces and variously localized into nation-building programs and social welfare projects. The first volume to address countries right across
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The will of the age
- pt. 2. Building the nation
- pt. 3. Entangled modernities.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-89547-7
- 1-136-89548-5
- 1-283-03882-X
- 9786613038821
- 0-203-84099-2
- 9780203840993
- OCLC:
- 703154680
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