wyszukanych pozycji: 2
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The Architecture of Confinement: Incarceration Camps of the Pacific War
ISBN: 9781009001724 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this global and comparative study of Pacific War incarceration environments we explore the arc of the Pacific Basin as an archipelagic network of militarized penal sites. Grounded in spatial, physical and material analyses focused on experiences of civilian internees, minority citizens, and enemy prisoners of war, the book offers an architectural and urban understanding of the unfolding history and aftermath of World War II in the Pacific. Examples are drawn from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, and North America. The Architecture of Confinement highlights the contrasting physical...
In this global and comparative study of Pacific War incarceration environments we explore the arc of the Pacific Basin as an archipelagic network of m...
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145,46 |
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Urban Reinventions: San Francisco's Treasure Island
ISBN: 9780824866020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When it was built in 1937, Treasure Island was considered to be one of the largest man-made islands in the world. Located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the 400-acre island was constructed out of dredged bay mud in a remarkable feat of Depression-era civil engineering by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Its alluring name is an allusion to the fabled remnants of the California Gold Rush found in the ocean sediment that formed the island. This collection of essays tells the story of San Francisco's Treasure Island--an artificial, disconnected island that has paradoxically been... When it was built in 1937, Treasure Island was considered to be one of the largest man-made islands in the world. Located in the middle of San Fran... |
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210,60 |