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Le Relèvement de nos ruines
Author: Alternative Visions of Post-War Reconstruction
Author: John PendleburyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317698657
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The history of post Second World War reconstruction has recently become an important field of research around the world; Alternative Visions of Post-War Reconstruction is a provocative work that questions the orthodoxies of twentieth century design history. This book provides a key critical statement on mid-twentieth century urban design and city planning, focused principally upon the period between the start of the Second World War to the mid-sixties. The various figures and currents covered here represent a largely overlooked field within the history of 20th century urbanism. In this period while certain modernist practices assumed an institutional role for post-war reconstruction and flourished into the mainstream, such practices also faced opposition and criticism leading to the production of alternative visions and strategies. Spanning from a historically-informed modernism to the increasing presence of urban conservation the contributors examine these alternative approaches to the city and its architecture.
Communities under Fire
Author: Alex DowdallPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192598155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Between 1914 and 1918, the Western Front passed through some of Europe's most populated and industrialised regions. Large towns including Nancy, Reims, Arras, and Lens lay at the heart of the battlefield. Their civilian inhabitants endured artillery bombardment, military occupation, and material hardship. Many fled for the safety of the French interior, but others lived under fire for much of the war, ensuring the Western Front remained a joint civil-military space. Communities under Fire explores the wartime experiences of civilians on both sides of the Western Front, and uncovers how urban communities responded to the dramatic impact of industrialized war. It discusses how war shaped civilians' personal and collective identities, and explores how the experiences of military violence, occupation, and forced displacement structured the attitudes of civilians at the front towards the rest of the nation. Drawing on a vast array of archival sources, letters, diaries, and newspapers in English, French, and German, it reveals the history of the Western Front from the perspective of its civilian inhabitants. From Leningrad to Warsaw, Hamburg, and, more recently, Sarajevo and Donetsk, urban violence has remained a feature of warfare in Europe, turning cities into battlefields. On each occasion, civilian populations were at the heart of military operations, and forced to adapt to life in a warzone. This was also the case between 1914 and 1918, despite the myth that the First World War was predominantly a soldiers' war. The civilian inhabitants of the Western Front were among the first to suffer the full impact of modern, industrialized war in an urban setting. Communities under Fire explains the multiple ways by which these urban residents responded to, were changed by, succumbed to, or survived the enormous pressures of life in a warzone.
French Modern
Author: Paul RabinowPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022622757X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
In this study of space and power and knowledge in France from the 1830s through the 1930s, Rabinow uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how social environment was perceived and described. Ranging from epidemiology to the layout of colonial cities, he shows how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, health and welfare administration, and social legislation.
Notes
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Municipal Reference Library Notes
Author: Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Monthly Bulletin. New Series
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 938
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Notes - Municipal Reference and Research Center
Author: Municipal Reference and Research Center (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Landscape Architecture
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Category : Landscape architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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