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"""Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight.""—Times Higher Education ""Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration.""—Art Libraries Society of North America ""This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists.""—CHOICE ""These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own.""—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review ""An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures.""—Reading Religion"

Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. Reading Religion

Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. --Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. --Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. --CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. --Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. --Reading Religion

Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. --Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. --Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. --CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. --Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. --Reading Religion Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. Reading Religion

""Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight.""—Times Higher Education ""Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration.""—Art Libraries Society of North America ""This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists.""—CHOICE ""These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own.""—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review ""An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures.""—Reading Religion

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Annabel Jane Wharton is William B. Hamilton Professor of Art History at Duke University. Her most recent books include Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture, selected by Economist as one of the best books of 2001, and Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks.

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