The academic scope of the book

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. A note on dates, translations, and transliterations 7
4. Glossary 9
5. List of Abbreviations 11
6. List of Figures 13
7. Acknowledgements 19
8. Introduction
9. Introduction 21
10. The academic scope of the book 22
11. Underlying concepts 26
12. Methods of data collection and analysis: Unravelling the book’s structure 32
13. Part One
14. Urban heritage planning in Iran: Repeated cycles of struggle for territorialization
15. Introduction 39
16. The first cycle: Assembling the conservation fundaments between two revolutions 40
17. The second cycle: Re-assembling conservation and heritage planning 65
18. The third cycle: A renewed endeavour to reform urban heritage assemblage 115
19. Part Two
20. Assembling urban heritage in Tehran: Collecting heritage fragments here and there
21. An introduction to Tehran’s historic centre and its spatial-economic setting 147
22. Short stories around renewal, beautification, and place-making in Tehran’s historic centre 154
23. Tehran’s socio-spatial urban heritage assemblage 207
24. Conclusion
25. Urban heritage assemblage in Iran: A sequence of ephemeral territorialization endeavours foiled by de-territorializing forces 215
26. References 227
27. Index 265