1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452679103321

Autore

Davies Colin <1929->

Titolo

The prefabricated home [[electronic resource] /] / Colin Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, UK, : Reaktion Books, 2005

ISBN

1-86189-616-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

693.97

Soggetti

Buildings, Prefabricated

Architecture, Domestic

Architecture, Modern - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Prefabricated Home; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Histories; 1. An architectural history; 2. A non-architectural history; 3. House of the century: the mobile home; Part II: Theories; 4. The question of authorship; 5. Professionalism and pattern books; 6. Down with the system; Part III: Practices; 7. Ideal homes; 8. Little boxes; 9. The robot and the carpenter; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From sash windows and ceramic tiles to barracks and warehouses, industrialized building has thrived since the nineteenth century in Europe and America. Yet architects have neglected this area of practical construction in favor of historical, theoretical, and artistic analyses, resulting in the emergence of an influential building industry with architects on the far margins. Colin Davies explores in The Prefabricated Home how the relationship between architecture and industrialized building has now become an urgent issue for architects. The Prefabricated Home outlines the methods and motives of



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789955103321

Autore

Gros Jean-Germain <1964-, >

Titolo

State failure, underdevelopment, and foreign intervention in Haiti / / Jean-Germain Gros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-59330-6

1-283-46197-8

9786613461971

0-203-18270-7

1-136-59331-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in North American politics ; ; 4

Disciplina

972.9407/3

Soggetti

Failed states - Haiti

Economic assistance - Haiti

Technical assistance - Haiti

Haiti Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; State Failure,Underdevelopment, and Foreign Intervention in Haiti; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Making Sense of the Failed State; 3. The Haitian Failed State in Historical Perspective; 4. A Rational-Choice Theory of Duvalierism; 5. In the Spiral of Anarchy: Post-Duvalier Haiti and Foreign Intervention; 6. Tectonic Plates, Anemic State; 7. Remaking the (Haitian) Failed State: Theoretical and Policy Considerations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Failed states are a huge problem in international relations, threatening world order in a number of ways. Conflicts in failed states often spill unto neighbouring states, failed states make for unreliable partners in the resolution of global social problems such as poverty and AIDS, and failed states magnify the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. In response to the multiple threats posed by failed states, working states, sometimes acting alone sometimes in concert with others, have undertaken military operations, often under the



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