Building the state : architecture, politics, and state formation in post-war central Europe /

Building the state : architecture, politics, and state formation in post-war central Europe /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Molnár, Virág Eszter, 1973-
Imprint:	London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2013.
Description:	xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The architext series Architext series.
Subject:	Architecture and society -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century. Architecture -- Political aspects -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century. Architecture and society. Architecture -- Political aspects. Europe, Central. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9052071

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ISBN:	9780415622936 (hb : alk. paper) 041562293X (hb : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-199) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations and tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Building Socialism on National Traditions: Socialist Realism and Postwar Urban Reconstruction
3. Prefabricating Modernity: Mass Housing and Its Discontents
4. Questioning Modernity: Western or Vernacular?
5. The Traditional "European City" in the Global Age: Rebuilding Post-Wall Berlin
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Index