Mediterranean crossroads : Marseille and modern architecture / Sheila Crane.
By: Crane, Sheila.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011Description: xi, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0816653615 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0816653623 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780816653614 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780816653621 (pbk. : alk. paper).Other title: Marseille and modern architecture.Subject(s): Architecture and society -- France -- Marseille -- History -- 20th century | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | City planning -- France -- Marseille -- History -- 20th century | Marseille (France) -- Buildings, structures, etcGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 720.944/9120904| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA2543.S6 C73 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004608 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Marseille's absent presence in modern architecture -- The view from the bridge : photography, planning, and urban physiognomy -- The city in the world : Marseille's Mediterraneanisms -- Urban gynecology and engineered destruction : spatial politics in the city at war -- Spectacles of ruin : from a new monumentality to urban purification -- Imperial facades : postwar rebuilding and the battle for the old port -- Excavating past and present : recovering the ancient port of Massalia -- Conclusion. Afterimages of Marseille.