Landed internationals : planning cultures, the academy, and the making of the modern Middle East / Burak Erdim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erdim, Burak, author.

Series:

Lateral exchanges

Lateral exchanges : architecture, urban development, and transnational practices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Ankara, Turkey).

City planning--Turkey--Ankara.

City planning.

Transnationalism--Economic aspects.

Transnationalism.

Housing--Turkey--Ankara.

Housing.

Education, Higher--Turkey--Ankara.

Education, Higher.

Ankara (Turkey)--Economic aspects.

Ankara (Turkey).

Economics.

Turkey--Ankara.

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The book studies the international culture of postwar urban planning via the case of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. It studies "a series of legitimacy battles" between bureaucrats, academics, and other professionals "in multiple theaters across the political geography of the cold war"; Erdim concludes by looking at how METU went on to become an important force in transnational housing, planning, and preservation in its own right"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Encounters in Housing and Land Economics

2. Redefining Technical Assistance: From Policy to Training and Education

3. An Institute or a University? Assembling Experts and Inperts

4. A New Industrial Order: The Forum and the Nation

5. The Campus and the National Imaginary: Competing Narratives of Citizenship and Nationhood

6. Stewards of the Land: Culture, Currency, and the Nation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-295) and index.

ISBN:

9781477321218

1477321217

OCLC:

1122451530