Empire, architecture, and the city
Subtitle: French-Ottoman encounters, 1830-1914
By: Zeynep Çelik.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Studies in modernity and national identity
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780295987798
Subjects: Public spaces -- Africa, North; Public spaces -- Turkey; Architecture, French -- Africa, North; Architecture, Ottoman; Architecture and state -- Africa, North; Architecture and state -- Turkey
Description: Examines the cities of Algeria and Tunisia under French colonial rule and those of the Ottoman Arab provinces, providing a nuanced look at cross-cultural exchanges.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Imperial infrastructures; title: Transforming urban fabrics; title: New public spaces; title: A new monumentality and an official architecture; title: Affirming empire: public ceremonies.