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Informationen zum Autor Zeynep Celik is distinguished professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is the author of several books including The Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the Nineteenth Century, Displaying the Orient , and Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers under French Rule. Klappentext Empire building and modernity dominate the history of the nineteenth century. Like their counterparts in Europe, the French and Ottoman empires employed urban infrastructure and city expansion to impose modernity and empire upon diverse social and political landscapes. elik examines Algeria and Tunisia under French colonial rule and the cities of the Ottoman Arab provinces of Syria, Beirut, Aleppo, Baghdad, Basra, Mosul, Hijaz, Yemen, and Tripoli (Trablusgarb). Zeynep elik is professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Zusammenfassung Examines the cities of Algeria and Tunisia under French colonial rule and those of the Ottoman Arab provinces. By shifting the emphasis from the 'centers' of Paris and Istanbul to the 'peripheries'! this title presents a more nuanced look at cross-cultural exchanges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments A Note on Transliterations and Dates Introduction Color Plates 1. Imperial Infrastructures 2. Transforming Urban Fabrics 3. New Public Spaces 4. A New Monumentality and an Official Architecture 5. Affirming Empire: Public Ceremonies Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
