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UNINA9910591164403321 |
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Dalal Ayham |
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From Shelters to Dwellings / / Ayham Dalal |
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Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2022 |
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Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2022 |
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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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Re-Figuration von Räumen ; ; Volume 3 |
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Dwellings - Social aspects |
Architecture |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Arabic Words -- Introduction -- Theoretical Overview -- Part One: Dismantling -- Interlude. Syrians in Jordan and the Construction of Camps -- Chapter 1 Zaatari Camp and its Planning -- Part Two: Reassembling the Social -- Introduction. The Social Ordering of Space -- Chapter 2 Visual Privacy -- Chapter 3 Family Relations -- Chapter 4 Culture, Knowledge, Memory and Identity -- Outro. From the Social to the Material -- Part Three: Reassembling the Material -- Chapter 5 The Caravan -- Chapter 6 Tents, Zinco and Cement -- Refugees as Architects -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography |
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In Zaatari camp, Jordan, thousands of Syrian refugees were sheltered in tents and caravans, which they steadily appropriated and turned into dwellings that responded to their social and cultural needs. In this book, Ayham Dalal takes a closer look at this remarkable transformation. He draws on the tension between 'the shelter' and 'the dwelling' to unravel how new spaces unfold in between them, where refugees become architects and the camp is dismantled and reassembled. From Shelters to Dwellings is the first study to uniquely combine ethnographic observations with new architectural research methods, to illustrate in detail how refugees inhabit shelters. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how camps and shelters are transformed by the powerful act of dwelling. |
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UNINA9910796595903321 |
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Wilson John F. |
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Ferranti . Volume 3 Management, mergers and fraud 1987-1993 : a history. / / John F. Wilson |
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Manchester, [Michigan] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations |
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Electrical engineering - Great Britain - History |
History |
Great Britain |
Grossbritannien |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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; [Vol. 1] Building a family business, 1882-1975 -- ; vol. 2 From family firm to multinational, 1975-1987 -- ; vol. 3 Management, mergers and fraud, 1987-1993. |
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This history of Ferranti during the last six years of its long existence provides a detailed exposition of the merger with an American firm that would bring it to its knees. Although only covering six years, this builds on the previous two volumes of the Ferranti history that has outlined how the firm grew into one of the UK's leading defence electronics operations. Having survived a major liquidity crisis in 1974-75, Ferranti recovered robustly under new management, only to flounder under the same leadership as a result of a major foray into the American defence electronics industry. The case-study outlines the inherent dangers in international mergers, as well as the acute problems associated with City and corporate governance practices which resulted in decisions that undermined Ferranti fatally. |
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