Casablanca
Colonial Myths and Architectural Ventures
Jean-Louis Cohen and Monique Eleb
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Contents
11 Introduction
21 A Bad Start for a City of Adventure: From Anfa to Casablanca
51 Henri Prost's Plan (1914-191^3 A Flexible Approach
89
The Rule and The Monument — Planning Casablanca after 1920
135
Living in the Ville Nouvelle in the 1920s
169
1930-1940: From Art Deco to Modernism in Residential Construction
215
Building the New Medina and Housing the Workers
251
Building Modern Leisure Facilities
275
The Post-1945 Golden Age and Its Dark Side
301
Michel Ecochard's Controversial Urbanism (1950-1952)
325
"Culture-Specific" Housing for Muslims: The Age of Large-Scale
Projects
365
Housing the Europeans
393
Villas, Beachside Resorts, and Movie Theaters: Hedonism at Work
441
Epilogue
446
Research Methodology
448
Manuscript Sources
449
Bibliography
461
Filmography
462
Biographies of Architects Active in Casablanca
473
Abbreviations and Institutional A c r o n y m s
473
Glossary of Moroccan Terms
474
Index
480
Illustration Credits