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050 4 _aNA6750.A1 .A734 2016
082 0 _a725.910904
100 1 _aDevos, Rika.
245 1 0 _aArchitecture of Great Expositions 1937-1959 :
_bMessages of Peace, Images of War.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bTaylor & Francis Group,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (256 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aAshgate Studies in Architecture Series
505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction Messages of Peace and Images of War: Modern Architecture as Diplomacy -- 1 L'Exposition de 1937 n'aura pas lieu: The Invention of the Paris International Expo and the Soviet and German Pavilions -- 2 "Italians do it Better": Fascist Italy's New Brand of Nationalism in the Art and Architecture of the Italian Pavilion, Paris 1937 -- 3 Architecture as Wartime Cultural Diplomacy: The Japanese Pavilion at Paris 1937 -- 4 Hot and Cold War in Architecture of Soviet Pavilions (1937-1959) -- 5 Architecture of Light and Water at the Universal Exhibition of Rome of 1942 -- 6 From Statecraft to Stagecraft: The Visual Politics of Britishness at the South Bank Exhibition -- 7 "Let us now invest in peace. "Architecture at Expo 58 in Resonance of War -- 8 Politics of the Void: Franquista Spain at Expo 58 -- 9 Between Wars, Between Blocs: Yugoslavia at Expo 58 -- Epilogue: Images of War and Messages of Peace: The American Story -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aThis book investigates architecture as a form of diplomacy in the context of the Second World War at six major European international and national expositions that took place between 1937 and '59.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSymbolism in architecture.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aOrtenberg, Alexander.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aDevos, Rika
_tArchitecture of Great Expositions 1937-1959
_dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015
_z9781138573352
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aAshgate Studies in Architecture Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4542254
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