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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James SteelePublisher: The American University in Cairo Press Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press ISBN: 9789774168901ISBN 10: 9774168909 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 15 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: A Commitment to Resistance Prelude: Discovering Rituals Chapter 1: Regeneration Chapter 2: Possession Chapter 3: Reverence Chapter 4: Order Chapter 5: The Transmission of Knowledge Chapter 6: Procession Chapter 7: Human Institutions Chapter 8: Geometry Chapter 9: Light Chapter 10: A Sense of Place Chapter 11: Materiality Chapter 12: Color Conclusion: The New Meaning of Resistance. Chronology of Work Appendix Bibliography IndexReviewsAn impressively informative, exceptionally detailed, and expertly presented combination of biography and architectural study--Midwest Book Review An impressively informative, exceptionally detailed, and expertly presented combination of biography and architectural study --Midwest Book Review Author InformationJames Steele is professor in the School of Architecture, University of Southern California, where he has taught courses on the history and theory of architecture and on design. Prior to that he held a teaching position for ten years at the King Faisal (now Dammam) University near Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of over 50 books, including An Architecture for People: The Complete Works of Hassan Fathy, Turkey: A Traveller's Historical and Architectural Guide, and Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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