Wharton, Annabel Jane.

Building the Cold War : Hilton International hotels and modern architecture / Annabel Jane Wharton.

Chicago : University of Chicago, 2001.

xiv, 249 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

"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.

0226894193 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226894195 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226894207 (pbk.)
9780226894201 (pbk.)

Hilton International (Firm) History.
Hilton International (Firme) Histoire.
Hilton International (Firm)
Hilton International
Europa
Architecture, Postmodern Middle East.
Architecture, Postmodern Europe.
Hotels Middle East History.
Hotels Europe History.
Architecture postmoderne Moyen-Orient.
Architecture postmoderne Europe.
Hôtels Moyen-Orient Histoire.
Hôtels Europe Histoire.
Architecture, Postmodern
Hotels
Hotelbau
Koude Oorlog.
Geschichte 1953-1966.
Europe
Middle East
Naher Osten
Hotels (public accommodations) Middle East.
Hotels (public accommodations) Europe.

History
Books.

Location: Library main 217068
Call No.: NA7850.M628 W4 2001
Status: Available