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A cultural history of modern Turkish architecture and its connections to European modernism.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Modernism on the Margins of Europe

1. First Moderns: The Legacy of Ottoman Revivalism

2. Inkilap Mimarisi: Architecture of Revolution

3. Aesthetics of Progress: Imagining an Industrial Nation

4. Yeni Mimari: The Making of a Modernist Profession

5. Living Modern: Cubic Houses and Apartments

6. Milli Mimari: Nationalizing the Modern

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Figure Sources

Index

About the Author

Sibel Bozdogan has taught architectural history and theory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MIT, and the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. She is the coeditor of Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey and the co-author of Sedad Eldem: Architect in Turkey. She lives in Boston.

Reviews

"Bozdogan's study of the particular cultural and political circumstances for modernism in Turkey effectively destroys the notion that modern architecture in so-called non-Western cultures was merely an extension of Western developments and opens the door to much-needed parallel studies of modernism worldwide. This is postcolonial writing at its best." - Choice