Architecture and Design
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Unlearning the City Infrastructure in a New Optical Field Swati Chattopadhyay 2012 Fall
- A new way to describe the city—through the lens of popular culture and street life
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The Modern Architectural Landscape Caroline Constant 2012 Spring
- Examines the overlooked contributions of modern architects to landscape design
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Ottoman Izmir The Rise of a Cosmopolitan Port, 1840-1880 Sibel Zandi-Sayek 2011 Fall
- A revelatory examination of the multiple constructions of urban modernization
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Henri Lefebvre on Space Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory Łukasz Stanek 2011 Spring
- Shows how Lefebvre’s theory of space developed out of direct engagement with architecture, urbanism, and urban sociology
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Architecture of Thought Andrzej Piotrowski 2011 Spring
- An innovative examination of how material practices and constructed environments have shaped cultures
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Fallout Shelter Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War David Monteyne 2011 Spring
- Tracing the partnership between architects and American civil defense officials during the Cold War
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Mediterranean Crossroads Marseille and Modern Architecture Sheila Crane 2011 Spring
- Examining Marseille as a significant center for the evolution of architectural and urban modernism
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A Joint Enterprise Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay Preeti Chopra 2011 Spring
- An in-depth look at the urban history of British Bombay
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Women and the Everyday City Public Space in San Francisco, 1890–1915 Jessica Ellen Sewell 2010 Fall
- Women in the city in turn-of-the-century San Francisco
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Utopia’s Ghost Architecture and Postmodernism, Again Reinhold Martin 2010 Spring
- Unpacking architecture’s important—and continuing—role in postmodern thought
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A Manufactured Wilderness Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960 Abigail A. Van Slyck 2010 Spring
- An engrossing look at American summer camps—from mess halls to tents to fire circles
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Mine Towns Buildings for Workers in Michigan’s Copper Country Alison K. Hoagland 2010 Spring
- What company towns in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan reveal about life during America’s first mineral land rush
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Architecture's Historical Turn Phenomenology and the Rise of the Postmodern Jorge Otero-Pailos 2010 Spring
- Examines the origins and influence of postmodernist thought in architectural theory
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Cold War on the Home Front The Soft Power of Midcentury Design Greg Castillo 2009 Fall
- An illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in cold war propaganda
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Manhood Factories YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture Paula Lupkin 2009 Fall
- How moral agendas shaped the look and feel of YMCAs