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Author Monk, Daniel Bertrand, 1960- author.

Title An aesthetic occupation : the immediacy of architecture and the Palestine conflict / Daniel Bertrand Monk
Published Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 244 pages) : illustrations, map
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents Introduction: The Foundation Stone of Our National Existence, without Exaggeration -- PART I STONE -- 1 A Hieroglyph Designed by God -- PART II TILE -- 2 An Unmistakable Sign -- 3 You are Blind to the Meaning of the Dome of the Rock -- 4 Cataclysm and Pogrom: An Exergue on the Naming of Violence -- PART III PAPER -- 5 Sir Alfred Mond's After-Dinner Eloquence -- 6 Designs on Our Holy Places -- PART IV CELLULOID -- Conclusion: A Terrible Caricature
Summary The contested politics of space and architecture in Mandate Palestine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-227) and index
Notes English
Subject Monuments -- Political aspects -- Palestine
Religion and politics -- Palestine
Religion and geography.
Sacred space -- Palestine
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
ARCHITECTURE -- Criticism.
Monuments -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Religion and geography
Religion and politics
Sacred space
SUBJECT Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097181
Subject Middle East -- Palestine
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822383307
0822383306
9781282920064
1282920065
9786612920066
6612920068