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  • - Constructions of `Nation'
    av Lily Kong
    338,-

    Has globalization neutralized the institution of ""nation""? This text focuses on attempts to build ""nation"" through landscape; specifically those strategies employed by Singapore, a multi-racial society. The authors cast an eye over religious buildings, public housing and street name changes.

  • - Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa
    av Garth Andrew Myers
    566,99

    This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities

  • - Jerusalem Between Ottoman and British Rule
    av Abigail Jacobson
    724,-

    Offers a vital new perspective on the way World War I has been traditionally studied in the Palestinian context. It also examines the effects of war on the socioeconomic sphere of a mixed city in crisis and looks into the ways the war, as well as Ottoman policies and administrators, affected the ways people perceived the Ottoman Empire and their location within it.

  • - Mythography of a City
    av Maoz Azaryahu
    458,-

    Founded in 1909 as a ""garden suburb"" of the Mediterranean port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv soon became a model of Jewish self-rule and was celebrated as a jewel in the crown of Hebrew revival. Combining historical approach and cultural analysis, this work explores the different myths that have been part of the vernacular and perception of the city.

  • av Tricia Cusack
    413,-

    In this highly original book, Tricia Cusak explores the significance of painted riverscapes to the creation of national identities in nineteenth and early twentieth century Europe and America. Focusing on five rivers, the author outlines the history of the development of national landscapes, elaborating on the distinctive nature of riverscapes.

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