Developing Iran : company towns, architecture, and the global powers /
Soufiani, Hamidreza Mahboubi,
Developing Iran : company towns, architecture, and the global powers / Hamidreza Mahboubi Soufiani. - xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge research in architectural history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Iran's oil company towns -- Gachsaran oil company town -- Arya Mehr steel complex -- Aryashahr steel company town -- Sarcheshmeh copper complex -- Sarcheshmeh copper company town.
"This book examines the emergence of modern company towns in Iran by delineating the architectural, political, and industrial histories of three distinct resource-based 'company town' projects built in association with the 'Big Three' powers of World War II. The book's narrative builds upon a tripartite research design that chronologically traces the formation and development of the oil, steel, and copper industries, respectively favoured by Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States in this part of the world. By applying three sets of comparative studies, the book provides critical vantage points to three different ideological design paradigms: postcolonial regionalism, socialist universalism, and rationalist modern nation-building. From a global political context, the book contributes to the disclosure of new information about the geopolitical confrontation of these three nations in the Global South to increase their sphere of influence after the second World War. Furthermore, it demonstrates how post-war architectural modernism was adopted by each power and adapted to their ideological mind-frame to fulfil distinct social, cultural, political, and economic targets. This book examines multiple interconnections between architecture, politics, and industrial development by adopting a transdisciplinary approach based on comprehensive fieldwork, site surveys and the analysis of original multilingual documents. As such, it will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture, history, international relations and Middle Eastern studies"--
9781032431123 9781032444239
2023023492
Company town architecture--History--Iran--20th century.
Company towns--Planning.--Iran
Architecture--Political aspects--Iran.
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Iran.
Metal trade--Political aspects--Iran.
Iran--Economic conditions--1945-1979.
Iran--Foreign relations--1941-1979.
NA9053.C57 / S68 2024
711.40955 S68 2024
Developing Iran : company towns, architecture, and the global powers / Hamidreza Mahboubi Soufiani. - xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge research in architectural history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Iran's oil company towns -- Gachsaran oil company town -- Arya Mehr steel complex -- Aryashahr steel company town -- Sarcheshmeh copper complex -- Sarcheshmeh copper company town.
"This book examines the emergence of modern company towns in Iran by delineating the architectural, political, and industrial histories of three distinct resource-based 'company town' projects built in association with the 'Big Three' powers of World War II. The book's narrative builds upon a tripartite research design that chronologically traces the formation and development of the oil, steel, and copper industries, respectively favoured by Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States in this part of the world. By applying three sets of comparative studies, the book provides critical vantage points to three different ideological design paradigms: postcolonial regionalism, socialist universalism, and rationalist modern nation-building. From a global political context, the book contributes to the disclosure of new information about the geopolitical confrontation of these three nations in the Global South to increase their sphere of influence after the second World War. Furthermore, it demonstrates how post-war architectural modernism was adopted by each power and adapted to their ideological mind-frame to fulfil distinct social, cultural, political, and economic targets. This book examines multiple interconnections between architecture, politics, and industrial development by adopting a transdisciplinary approach based on comprehensive fieldwork, site surveys and the analysis of original multilingual documents. As such, it will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture, history, international relations and Middle Eastern studies"--
9781032431123 9781032444239
2023023492
Company town architecture--History--Iran--20th century.
Company towns--Planning.--Iran
Architecture--Political aspects--Iran.
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Iran.
Metal trade--Political aspects--Iran.
Iran--Economic conditions--1945-1979.
Iran--Foreign relations--1941-1979.
NA9053.C57 / S68 2024
711.40955 S68 2024