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UNINA9910452679103321 |
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Davies Colin <1929-> |
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The prefabricated home [[electronic resource] /] / Colin Davies |
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London, UK, : Reaktion Books, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 p.) |
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Buildings, Prefabricated |
Architecture, Domestic |
Architecture, Modern - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-213) and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910789955103321 |
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Autore |
Gros Jean-Germain <1964-, > |
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State failure, underdevelopment, and foreign intervention in Haiti / / Jean-Germain Gros |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-136-59330-6 |
1-283-46197-8 |
9786613461971 |
0-203-18270-7 |
1-136-59331-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Routledge studies in North American politics ; ; 4 |
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Failed states - Haiti |
Economic assistance - Haiti |
Technical assistance - Haiti |
Haiti Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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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rubric of humanitarian in |
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