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Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism in Belgrade (Culture Politics & the Built Environment)
Brigitte Le Normand
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Description for Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism in Belgrade (Culture Politics & the Built Environment)
Paperback. Series: Culture, Politics and the Built Environment. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 256 x 17. Weight in Grams: 772.
The devastation of World War II left the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade in ruins. Communist Party leader Josip Broz Tito saw this as a golden opportunity to recreate the city through his own vision of socialism. In Designing Tito’s Capital, Brigitte Le Normand analyzes the unprecedented planning process called for by the new leader, and the determination of planners to create an urban environment that would benefit all citizens.
Led first by architect Nikola Dobrovic and later by Miloš Somborski, planners blended the predominant school of European modernism and the socialist principles of efficient construction and space usage to ... Read more
The devastation of World War II left the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade in ruins. Communist Party leader Josip Broz Tito saw this as a golden opportunity to recreate the city through his own vision of socialism. In Designing Tito’s Capital, Brigitte Le Normand analyzes the unprecedented planning process called for by the new leader, and the determination of planners to create an urban environment that would benefit all citizens.
Led first by architect Nikola Dobrovic and later by Miloš Somborski, planners blended the predominant school of European modernism and the socialist principles of efficient construction and space usage to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Culture, Politics and the Built Environment
Condition
New
Weight
771g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822962991
SKU
V9780822962991
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Ref
99-83
About Brigitte Le Normand
Brigitte Le Normand is assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
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