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Book SynopsisMore than one hundred years after the conclusion of the First World War, the edited collection States of Emergency: Architecture, Urbanism, and the First World War reassesses what that cataclysmic global conflict meant for architecture and urbanism from a human, social, economic, and cultural perspective. Chapters probe how underdevelopment and economic collapse manifested spatially, how military technologies were repurposed by civilians, and how cultures of education, care, and memory emerged from battle. The collection places an emphasis on the various states of emergency as experienced by combatants and civilians across five continents--from refugee camps to military installations, villages to capital cities--thus uncovering the role architecture played in mitigating and exacerbating the everyday tragedy of war. Contributors: Aubrey Knox (The Graduate Center of The City University of New York), Deborah Ascher Barnstone (University of Technology Sydney), Emma Thomas (Boston University), Da Hyung Jeong (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), Julie Willis (The University of Melbourne), Katti Williams (The University of Melbourne), David Caralt (Universidad San Sebastian, Concepcion, Chile), Etien Santiago (Indiana University Bloomington), Theodossis Issaias (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh), Min Kyung Lee (Bryn Mawr College), Massimiliano Savorra (Universita degli studi di Pavia), Antje Senarclens de Grancy (Graz University of Technology)
Table of ContentsIntroduction Erin Eckhold Sassin and Sophie Hochhäusl
PART ONEInstitutions Repurposed
The Regulated Body: The Grand Palais as Military Hospital in World War I Aubrey Knox Lessons of War: Architecture of the East Prussian Reconstruction Effort, 1914–1925 Deborah Ascher Barnstone
PART TWOCivilians Reeducated
Learning to Play the Great Game: American Children and the First “World” War Emma Paige Thomas The First World War and Nationalist Primitivism in Russian Architecture Da Hyung Jeong International Engagement, International Opportunity: Enlisted Australian Architects and World War I Julie Willis and Katti Williams
PART THREERefugees and Citizens Resist
Wartime Nightscapes Zeppelin Night Bombings as Mass Spectacles, 1914–1929 David Caralt Huts, Houses, and the Industrial Militarization of France, 1914–1917 Etien Santiago Humanitarian Relief and Confinement: The American Red Cross Refugee City in Italy during the First World War Theodossis Issaias PART FOURLandscapes Remade
World War I, Aerial Photography and the Emergence of Urbanism in France Min Kyung Lee The “Landscapes” of the Great War: The Role of Italian Engineers and Architects Massimiliano Savorra Camps or Cities: The Urbanism of World War I Refugee Camps in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Antje Senarclens de Grancy
About the Editors List of Contributors Index of Names, Locations, and Keywords
