Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction Contributor(s): Mancini, Joanne (Editor), Bresnahan, Keith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415702496 ISBN-13: 9780415702492 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Historic Preservation - General - Architecture | Criticism |
Dewey: 720.108 |
LCCN: 2014001027 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (1.20 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Architecture and Armed Conflict is the first multi-authored scholarly book to address this theme from a comparative, interdisciplinary perspective. By bringing together specialists from a range of relevant fields, and with knowledge of case studies across time and space, it provides the first synthetic body of research on the complex, multifaceted subject of architectural destruction in the context of conflict. The book addresses several specific research questions:
Considering multiple conflicts, multiple time periods, and multiple locations allows this international cohort of authors to provide an essential primer for this crucial topic. |