| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xix, 325 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index. |
| Contents |
Preamble : reading and writing Cairo -- Memphis : the first Cairo -- From ancient Egypt to the Coptic enclave -- Fustat-Misr : the city of Arab Islam -- Al-Qahira : a Fatimid palatial town -- Fortress Cairo : from Salah Al-Din to the Pearl Tree -- The Bahri Mamluks : the city of the slave sultans -- Governing from the tower : the Burji Mamluks -- A provincial capital under Ottoman rule -- A changing city : from Napoleon to Muhammad Ali -- Modernizing the new, medievalizing the old : the city of the Khedive -- The Arab republic and the city of Nasser -- Escaping the present, consuming the past. |
| Subject |
Architecture and society -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
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City planning -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
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Architecture -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
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Cairo (Egypt) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Added Title |
Histories of a city |
| ISBN |
0674047869 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780674047860 (hbk. : alk. paper) : $29.95 |
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