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020 _a978-0295988689
041 1 0 _aeng
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100 _aCELIK, Zeynep , CLANCY-SMITH, Smith , TERPAK, Frances
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245 1 0 _aWalls of Algiers
_b: Narratives of the city through text ans image
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_bUniversity of Washington Press
_c2009
300 1 0 _a288 p.
_bCouv. ill. en coul., fig.
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_e
520 _a"Walls of Algiers" examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. In this volume, the city of Algiers serves as a case study for the analysis of the proactive and reactive social, political, technical, and artistic forces that generate a city's form. Visual sources - prints, photographs, paintings, architectural drawings, urban designs, and film - are treated as primary evidence that complements and even challenges textual documents. The contributors' wide-ranging but intersecting essays span the disciplines of art history, social and cultural history, urban studies, and film history. "Walls of Algiers" presents a multifaceted look at the social use of urban space in a North African city.
_b
654 _xWalls of Algiers, city of Algiers, colonial urban, urban space
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