This is the history of colonialism as seen through the architecture of Israel/Palestine. Tel Aviv is the 'White City', said to have risen from the sands of the desert, acclaimed worldwide for its architectural heritage and gleaming Bauhaus-inspired Modernism.
Jaffa is the 'Black City', the Palestinian city that was largely obliterated to make way for a new European-style architecture at the heart of a newly-formed Israel.
Both a gripping narrative and a unique architectural record, this book shows how any city in the world is made not only of stones and concrete but also of stories and histories - victors and losers, predator and prey. In this way, the legend of the Black City and the White City, architecture and war, is our story too.
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- Authors:
- Rotbard, Sharon
- Year Published:
- 2015
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780745335117
- Number of Pages:
- 260
- Publication Date:
- 15/01/2015
- Publisher:
- Pluto Press
- Illustrations Note:
- with flaps, 80 b&w photographs
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780745335117