all Products Architect History Architecture Hardcover Books

Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War

Stanek, Lukasz

Select Format

Print Book

Hardcover

Item Condition New

$80.36 USD $80.36 USD

$80.36 USD

~~$80.36 USD~~ $80.36 USD

Sale Sold out

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Quantity

View full details

How socialist architects, planners, and contractors worked collectively to urbanize and develop the Global South during the Soviet era

In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialism shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City.

Lukasz Stanek describes how local authorities and professionals in these cities drew on Soviet prefabrication systems, Hungarian and Polish planning methods, Yugoslav and Bulgarian construction materials, Romanian and East German standard designs, and manual laborers from across Eastern Europe. He explores how the socialist development path was adapted to tropical conditions in Ghana in the 1960s, and how Eastern European architectural traditions were given new life in 1970s Nigeria. He looks at how the differences between socialist foreign trade and the emerging global construction market were exploited in the Middle East in the closing decades of the Cold War. Stanek demonstrates how these and other practices of global cooperation by socialist countries--what he calls socialist worldmaking--left their enduring mark on urban landscapes in the postcolonial world.

Featuring an extensive collection of previously unpublished images, Architecture in Global Socialism draws on original archival research on four continents and a wealth of in-depth interviews. This incisive book presents a new understanding of global urbanization and its architecture through the lens of socialist internationalism, challenging long-held notions about modernization and development in the Global South.

Accessories:

No Accessory

Publisher

PRINCETON UNIV PR

Bisac Major Subject

Architecture

Binding Type

Hardcover

Country Of Origin

Number Of Units

Length

11.2 Inches

Barcode Indicator

EAN

Width

8.1 Inches

Publication Date

1970-01-01

Height

1.1 Inches

ISBN 10

0691168709

Weight

3.5 Pounds

Book EAN

9780691168708

Target Audiance

Adults

User reviews will be displayed here...

Item added to your cart

Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War