Cairo : 1001 years of the city victorious
| 1. Verfasser: |
Abu-Lughod, Janet L.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
1971.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xiv, 284 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 29 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Princeton studies on the Near East
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| ISBN: | 0691030855 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The legacy of the first Arab settlements (640-1170)
- Ascent to medieval capital (1170-1340)
- Decline and fall
- The heritage from the medieval city
- Cleansing the Augean stables (1800-1848)
- The origins of modern Cairo
- The exploding demand for capital city residence
- The increased supply of urban land
- Urban problems : old, persistent, and new
- The emergence of the Northern city : comparative growth rates
- The anatomy of metropolitan Cairo
- Whither the city : a prognosis.
