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Brian McLaren . . . has produced a magnificent and scholarly work to add to the growing number of books on colonial architecture. . . . This book is written in clear and elegant prose and is well illustrated with architectural drawings, old photographs, and reproductions of tourist brochures, posters, and postcards. ;-International Journal of Middle East Studies; Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya confronts us with a rich and fascinating story on the indeterminate relation between architecture and tourism in colonial Libya. The outstanding text is larded with an intriguing selection of images that stem from popular literature, tourist ephemera ranging from guidebooks to brochures and postcards, as well as architectural archives. The result is captivating. ;-Journal of Design History

“Brian McLaren . . . has produced a magnificent and scholarly work to add to the growing number of books on colonial architecture. . . . This book is written in clear and elegant prose and is well illustrated with architectural drawings, old photographs, and reproductions of tourist brochures, posters, and postcards.”;—International Journal of Middle East Studies; “Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya confronts us with a rich and fascinating story on the indeterminate relation between architecture and tourism in colonial Libya. The outstanding text is larded with an intriguing selection of images that stem from popular literature, tourist ephemera ranging from guidebooks to brochures and postcards, as well as architectural archives. The result is captivating.”;—Journal of Design History

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Brian L. McLaren is associate professor and chair, Department of Architecture, University of Washington.

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