03626cam a2200457 i 4500 23257969 OSt 20241202080257.0 230802s2024 enka b 001 0 eng 2023023492 9781032431123 (hardback) 9781032444239 (paperback) 9781003372103 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc a-ir--- NA9053.C57 S68 2024 711.40955 S68 2024 23/eng/20230809 Soufiani, Hamidreza Mahboubi, author. Developing Iran : company towns, architecture, and the global powers / Hamidreza Mahboubi Soufiani. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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"-- Provided by publisher. Company town architecture Iran History 20th century. Company towns Iran Planning. 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. Online version: Soufiani, Hamidreza Mahboubi. Developing Iran Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781003372103 (DLC) 2023023493 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK-EN 0 7286 7286 0 0 ddc 0 0 CENTRAL TUWAIQ 2024-12-02 0 711.40955 S68 2024 1000000025159 2024-12-02 08:04:09 2024-12-02 BK-EN