Title Modernizing Yazd : selective historical memory and the fate of vernacular architecture / Ali Modarres

Published Costa Mesa, Calif. : Mazda Publishers, [2006] ©2006

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Description xxi, 199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Series Bibliotheca Iranica. Urban planning history of Iranian cities ; no. 1 Bibliotheca Iranica. Urban planning history of Iranian cities ; no. 1 Contents Ch. 1. Space as a theater of nationalist discourse -- Ch. 2. Genesis and myths of origin -- Ch. 3. Evolution of Yazd -- Ch. 4. Yazd in the 19th century -- Ch. 5. Modernization, nationalism, and identity in the 19th century -- Ch. 6. From constitutional revolution to the emergence of the Islamic republic -- Ch. 7. Islamic revolution, urbanization and the growth of Yazd -- Ch. 8. The emergent social geography -- Ch. 9. Between past and future, re-constructing an identity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index Subject City planning -- Iran -- Yazd -- History -- 19th century. City planning -- Iran -- Yazd -- History -- 20th century. City planning -- Social aspects -- Iran -- Yazd. Vernacular architecture -- Iran -- Yazd. LC no. 2005050850 ISBN 1568591403 paperback 9781568591407 paperback

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