{"product_id":"architecture-in-global-socialism-lukasz-stanek-9780691168708","title":"Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow socialist architects, planners, and contractors worked collectively to urbanize and develop the Global South during the Soviet era\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. \u003ci\u003eArchitecture in Global Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLukasz Stanek describes how local authorities and professionals in these cities drew on Soviet prefabrication systems, Hungarian and Polish planning methods, Yugoslav and Bulgarian construction materials, Romanian and East German standard designs, and manual laborers from across Eastern Europe. He explores how the socialist development path was adapted to tropical conditions in Ghana in the 1960s, and how Eastern European architectural traditions were given new life in 1970s Nigeria. He looks at how the differences between socialist foreign trade and the emerging global construction market were exploited in the Middle East in the closing decades of the Cold War. Stanek demonstrates how these and other practices of global cooperation by socialist countries--what he calls socialist worldmaking--left their enduring mark on urban landscapes in the postcolonial world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing an extensive collection of previously unpublished images, \u003ci\u003eArchitecture in Global Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e draws on original archival research on four continents and a wealth of in-depth interviews. This incisive book presents a new understanding of global urbanization and its architecture through the lens of socialist internationalism, challenging long-held notions about modernization and development in the Global South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lukasz Stanek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691168709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691168708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020","brand":"Lukasz Stanek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44138383442175,"sku":"9780691168708","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbd6d097-9ba0-41fb-a0ec-1b5816fabeb5.jpg?v=1687899355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architecture-in-global-socialism-lukasz-stanek-9780691168708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}