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Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism

Categorie	Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer	#407484-XS20
Titel	Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism
Auteur	Normand, Brigitte Le
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0822962993
ISBN13	9780822962991
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations (including photographs) in b/w, small maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting	A major influence was modernist Le Corbusier and his Athens Charter published in 1943, which called for the total reconstruction of European cities, transforming them into compact and verdant vertical cities unfettered by slumlords, private interests, and traffic congestion. As Yugoslavia transitioned toward self-management and market socialism, the functionalist district of New Belgrade and its modern living were lauded as the model city of socialist man. The glow of the utopian ideal would fade by the 1960s, when market socialism had raised expectations for living standards and the government was eager for inhabitants to finance their own housing. By 1972, a new master plan emerged under Aleksandar ? ordevic, fashioned with the assistance of American experts. Espousing current theories a... (Lees verder)bout systems and rational process planning and using cutting edge computer technology, the new plan left behind the dream for a functionalist Belgrade and instead focused on managing growth trends.
Pagina's	300
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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