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Building the state : architecture, politics, and state formation in post-war central Europe /
The built environment of former socialist countries is often deemed uniform and drab, an apt reflection of a repressive regime. 'Building the State' peeks behind the grey facade to reveal a colourful struggle over competing meanings of the nation, Europe, modernity and the past in a divide...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2013.
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| Colección: | Architext series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The built environment of former socialist countries is often deemed uniform and drab, an apt reflection of a repressive regime. 'Building the State' peeks behind the grey facade to reveal a colourful struggle over competing meanings of the nation, Europe, modernity and the past in a divided continent. Examining how social change is closely intertwined with transformations of the built environment, this volume focuses on the relationship between architecture and state politics in postwar Central Europe using examples from Hungary and Germany. Built around four case studies, the book traces how architecture was politically mobilized in the service of social change, first in socialist modernization programs and then in the postsocialist transition. 'Building the State' does not only offer a comprehensive survey of the diverse political uses of architecture in postwar Central Europe but is the first book to explore how transformations of the built environment can offer a lens into broader processes of state formation and social change. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317796428 131779642X 1299980341 9781299980341 9781315811734 1315811731 9781317796435 1317796438 0415857635 9780415857635 |