Development, architecture, and the formation of heritage in late twentieth-century Iran: A vital past

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Manchester University Press, Oct 13, 2020 - History - 304 pages
What is the relationship between development as a globalizing project and the production of cultural specificities in developmental contexts? Utilising an architectural lens, this book illustrates how development instigates interest in the past and in the process, creates heritage. It show multiple uses of the past and their contestation in highly fluid social contexts.
 

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List of figures and plates
Engaging nostalgia
The international congresses
Housing and collective identity before
Realizing an everyday Islamic
The Shahyad
Representing the national
Bibliography
Index
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