Monrovia modern: urban form and political imagination in liberia
Auteur :
Hoffman, Danny
Éditeur :
Duke University Press
ISBN :
9780822358848
Date de publication :
14 nov. 2017
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
680 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Danny Hoffman uses the ruins of four iconic modernist buildings in Monrovia, Liberia as a way to explore the relationship between the built environment and political imagination, showing how these former symbols of modernist nation building transformed into representations of the challenges that Monrovia's residents face.