1st Edition
White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, Modernist Architecture, and Contemporary Preservation Remaking the Past, Preserving Power
By Robert Flahive
Copyright 2025
208 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the afterlives of the built environment produced through early 20th-century settler colonialism. The author analyzes contemporary architectural preservationists’ narrative strategies to remake what were designed as racialized “European” zones – in opposition to “Indigenous” zones – as white cities through the documentation, preservation, and addition to the UNESCO World... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Afterlives of European Zones: Contemporary Architectural Preservation of White Cities
- Chapter 2: Didactic Narratives: Preservationists’ Tools for Remaking European Zones
- Chapter 3: Going Global: Transforming the World Heritage List
- Chapter 4: Silencing Palestinians: Remaking Settler Colonialism through the White City Tel Aviv
- Chapter 5: Shared Heritage? Remaking the European Zone in Rabat
- Chapter 6: Mobilizing the Racialized Built Environment in Asmara
- Chapter 7: Reclaiming the White City in Casablanca and the Moroccan State
- Chapter 8: Conclusion
Index
Biography
Robert Flahive is an international relations scholar interested in the politics of the built environment through a capacious interpretation of architectural history, international relations, and urban studies. He holds a PhD in Political and Cultural Thought from the Alliance for Social, Political, Social, and Ethical Thought (ASPECT) at Virginia Tech, an MA in Political Studies from the American University of Beirut, and a BA in English from Washington University in St. Louis.
