Architecture and Development : Israeli Construction in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Settler Colonial Imagination, 1958-1973

• Autore: Levin Ayala <1979->
• Pubblicazione: 2022; Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 pages)
• Disciplina: 720.967
• Soggetto topico: Architecture - Italy
• Classificazione: ARC005000HIS001000HIS019000
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Settler Colonial Expertise in the Theater of Development -- Chapter One. Fast-Tracking the Nation-State: The Design and Construction of the Sierra Leone Parliament -- Chapter Two. Rootedness and Open-Ended Planning: The Sierra Leone National Urbanization Plan -- Chapter Three. Planning a Postcolonial University Campus: The University of Ife, Nigeria -- Chapter Four. Designing the University of Ife: Climate, Regeneration, and Ornament -- Chapter Five. Israeli Aid, Private Entrepreneurship, and Architectural Education in Addis Ababa -- Postscript. Ghosts of Modernity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa.
• Altri titoli varianti: Architecture and Development
• Titolo autorizzato: Architecture and Development
• ISBN: 9781478091820; 1478091827
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911046427603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II