Architecture and development : Israeli construction in Sub-Saharan Africa and the settler colonial imagination, 1958-1973 / Ayala Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Ayala, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 308 pages)

Other Title:

Architecture and Development

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Settler Colonial Expertise in the Theater of Development

Fast-Tracking the Nation-State: The Design and Construction of the Sierra Leone Parliament

Rootedness and Open-Ended Planning: The Sierra Leone National Urbanization Plan

Planning a Postcolonial University Campus: The University of Ife, Nigeria

Designing the University of Ife: Climate, Regeneration, and Ornament

Israeli Aid, Private Entrepreneurship, and Architectural Education in Addis Ababa

Ghosts of Modernity.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed May 12, 2023).

ISBN:

1-4780-2250-7