Designing Tito's capital : urban planning, modernism, and socialism /

"The devastation of World War II left the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade in ruins. Communist Party leader Josip Broz Tito saw this as a golden opportunity to recreate the city through his own vision of socialism. In Designing Tito's Capital, Brigitte Le Normand analyzes the unprecedented...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Le Normand, Brigitte
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.
©2014
Series:Culture, politics, and the built environment
Subjects:
City planning > Serbia > Belgrade.
Socialism > Serbia > Belgrade.
Socialism > Yugloslvia.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urband Development.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > General.
City planning.
Socialism.
Serbia > Belgrade.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Modernist Functionalist Planning in Global Context
  • Chapter 2. A Blueprint for Modernity
  • Chapter 3. The Lost Decade and the Dawn of a New Era
  • Chapter 4. New Belgrade, Capital of Yugoslav Modernity
  • Chapter 5. Planning Undone: "Wild" Construction and the Market Reforms
  • Chapter 6. Modernism under Fire: The Changing Attitudes of Social Scientists and Urban Designers in 1960s Yugoslavia
  • Chapter 7. Modernity Redefined: The 1972 Master Plan
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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