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- catalog abstract ""In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel - with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity - offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and prominently, the new and powerful presence of the United States." "Building the Cold War examines the architectural means by which the Hilton was written into the urban topographies of the major cities of Europe and the Middle East as an effective representation of the United States."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12186592.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Building the Cold War examines the architectural means by which the Hilton was written into the urban topographies of the major cities of Europe and the Middle East as an effective representation of the United States."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel - with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity - offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and prominently, the new and powerful presence of the United States."".
- catalog description "1 Gaze to the East: Istanbul 13 -- 2 Appropriating Pasts: Cairo and Athens 41 -- 3 Appropriating the Present: Berlin and London 71 -- 4 Spectacle: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 105 -- 5 Antispectacle: Rome and Florence 133 -- 6 Commoditization of Space: Making Modernity 159.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 249 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226894193 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog spatial "Middle East".
- catalog spatial "Middle East.".
- catalog subject "728/.5/09045 21".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Postmodern Europe.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Postmodern Middle East.".
- catalog subject "Hilton International (Firm) History.".
- catalog subject "Hotels Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Hotels Middle East History.".
- catalog subject "NA7850.M628 W48 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 Gaze to the East: Istanbul 13 -- 2 Appropriating Pasts: Cairo and Athens 41 -- 3 Appropriating the Present: Berlin and London 71 -- 4 Spectacle: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 105 -- 5 Antispectacle: Rome and Florence 133 -- 6 Commoditization of Space: Making Modernity 159.".
- catalog title "Building the Cold War : Hilton International hotels and modern architecture / Annabel Jane Wharton.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".