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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910458980403321 |
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Titolo |
Third world modernism : architecture, development and identity / / edited by Duanfang Lu |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-89548-5 |
1-283-03882-X |
9786613038821 |
0-203-84099-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Modern movement (Architecture) - Developing countries |
Architecture and society - Developing countries - History - 20th century |
Architecture and globalization - Developing countries - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The will of the age -- pt. 2. Building the nation -- pt. 3. Entangled modernities. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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