company towns, architecture, and the global powers Soufiani, Hamidreza Mahboubi creator author. text bibliography enk 2024 monographic eng

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xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "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"-- Iran's oil company towns -- Gachsaran oil company town -- Arya Mehr steel complex -- Aryashahr steel company town -- Sarcheshmeh copper complex -- Sarcheshmeh copper company town. Hamidreza Mahboubi Soufiani. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ir--- 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 NA9053.C57 S68 2024 711.40955 S68 2024 Soufiani, Hamidreza Mahboubi. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 (DLC) 2023023493 9781032431123 9781032444239 2023023492 DLC 230802 20241202080257.0 23257969 eng