Full Product Details
Author: Burak Erdim
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781477321218
ISBN 10: 1477321217
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 11 August 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A meticulous investigation of the founding years of [Middle East Technical University] (1954–1969) in the broader context of the postwar politics of planning, design and technical assistance…Erdim’s book is full of insights from his detective-like and eye-opening work about both the cooperation and the struggles that marked the funding, administration, curriculum, location and design of METU...With its beautiful display of plans and photographs, Landed Internationals will be deeply evocative for anyone who has walked down the campus allée, the long pedestrian walkway connecting its diverse set of buildings and students. It is a richly textured book that meticulously demonstrates the role that housing and planning experts played in contestations over postwar visions of nation-building, development and expertise. * Middle East Research and Information Project * [A] highly stimulating study...this book is a precious contribution to present trends in historiography that insist on the necessity to critically analyse the notion of models and their circulation, and focus on the dynamics of constant interaction and mutual redefinition of international expertise and local societies. * Planning Perspectives *
A meticulous investigation of the founding years of [Middle East Technical University] (1954-1969) in the broader context of the postwar politics of planning, design and technical assistance...Erdim's book is full of insights from his detective-like and eye-opening work about both the cooperation and the struggles that marked the funding, administration, curriculum, location and design of METU...With its beautiful display of plans and photographs, Landed Internationals will be deeply evocative for anyone who has walked down the campus allee, the long pedestrian walkway connecting its diverse set of buildings and students. It is a richly textured book that meticulously demonstrates the role that housing and planning experts played in contestations over postwar visions of nation-building, development and expertise. * Middle East Research and Information Project *
Author Information
Burak Erdim is an assistant professor of architectural history at North Carolina State University.
