Developing Iran

Company Towns, Architecture, and the Global Powers
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-43112-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Architectural History

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 postwar 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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Soufiani, Hamidreza Mahboubi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Öffentliche Gebäude, Gewerbliche Bauten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  Part 1: Oil Industry and the British Empire   1. Iran’s Oil Company Towns  2. Gachsaran Oil Company Town  Part 2: Steel Industry and the Soviet Union   3. Arya Mehr Steel Complex  4. Aryashahr Steel Company Town  Part 3: Copper Industry and the United States  5. Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex  6. Sarcheshmeh Copper Company Town

Über Autor(innen)

Hamidreza Mahboubi Soufiani is a researcher in architectural history based in Australia. He was awarded a master's of architecture and a PhD from the University of Western Australia.