Landed Internationals Planning Cultures, the Academy, and the Making of the Modern Middle East.

"The book studies the international culture of postwar urban planning via the case of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. It studies "a series of legitimacy battles" between bureaucrats, academics, and other professionals "in multiple theaters across th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Erdim, Burak
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
Temas:
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Ankara, Turkey)
City planning > Turkey > Ankara.
Transnationalism > Economic aspects.
Housing > Turkey > Ankara.
Education, Higher > Turkey > Ankara.
Transnationalisme > Aspect économique.
Enseignement supérieur > Turquie > Ankara.
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
City planning
Economics
Education, Higher
Housing
Ankara (Turkey) > Economic aspects.
Turkey > Ankara
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Housing Internationals and the Postwar World Order
  • 1. Encounters in Housing and Land Economics
  • 2. Redefining Technical Assistance: From Policy to Training and Education
  • 3. An Institute or a University? Assembling Experts and Inperts
  • 4. A New Industrial Order: The Forum and the Nation
  • 5. The Campus and the National Imaginary: Competing Narratives of Citizenship and Nationhood
  • 6. Stewards of the Land: Culture, Currency, and the Nation
  • Epilogue. METU at Large: METU as Revolution
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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