Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Conservation policies for twentieth- century architectural heritage -- 1 The shadow line: architecture between time and history -- 2 Contemporary architecture and the idea of protection -- Synoptic table -- 3 Africa -- Algeria -- Angola -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Egypt -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Ghana -- Kenya -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Nigeria -- Senegal -- South Africa -- Tanzania -- Tunisia -- 4 Americas -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Canada -- Chile -- Colombia -- Costa Rica -- Cuba -- Ecuador -- Mexico -- Peru -- United States of America -- Uruguay -- Venezuela -- 5 Asia -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- China -- Hong Kong -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Israel -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Lebanon -- Macau -- Malaysia -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Philippines -- Qatar -- Singapore -- South Korea -- Thailand -- United Arab Emirates -- Vietnam -- 6 Australasia -- Australia -- New Zealand -- 7 Europe -- Albania -- Andorra -- Armenia -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Bulgaria -- Croatia -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Finland -- France -- Georgia -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Iceland -- Ireland -- Italy -- Kosovo -- Latvia -- Liechtenstein -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Malta -- Moldova -- Montenegro -- Netherlands -- Norway -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -- Russia -- San Marino -- Serbia -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Turkey -- Ukraine -- England -- Northern Ireland -- Scotland -- Wales -- Vatican City State -- Part II Short critical lexicography -- Identity -- 8 West African modernism and change -- 9 Evolution in the Arab region -- 10 Humanism: an Italian tale