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Building Baghdad: The Construction Of Urban Space In Iraq, 1921–1963, Andrew S. Alger Sep 2020

Building Baghdad: The Construction Of Urban Space In Iraq, 1921–1963, Andrew S. Alger

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This dissertation examines the production of space in Baghdad during the monarchical and early republican eras (1921 – 1963). As the capital of the new nation of Iraq following the First World War, Baghdad expanded along the banks of the Tigris River into new residential and commercial spaces, establishing schools, boutique stores, sporting venues, electricity and running water that transformed how Iraqis conceived of the mundane activities associated with daily life. Employing a theoretical framework drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s production of space, I argue that participation in the creation of new neighborhoods and streets was uneven across differences of class, …