Housing, Culture, Colonialism and Globalisation in Algiers |
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| Author:
| Djiar, Kahina Amal |
| Series title: | Design and the Built Environment Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-7575-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2016 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $149.95 |
Book Description:
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This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of urban housing in Algiers from the Ottoman era through the period of French colonial rule up to the present. By exploring important topics such as power, discourse, representation, resistance, memory and everyday life, it aims to highlight the relationship between the built environment, culture, and broader political-economic contexts.
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of urban housing in Algiers from the Ottoman era through the period of French colonial rule up to the present. By exploring important topics such as power, discourse, representation, resistance, memory and everyday life, it aims to highlight the relationship between the built environment, culture, and broader political-economic contexts.