A city consumed : urban commerce, the Cairo fire, and the politics of decolonization in Egypt

1. Verfasser: Reynolds, Nancy Y. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0804781265
9780804781268
Schlagworte:
Consumption (Economics) > Egypt > Cairo > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Economic aspects > Egypt.
Cairo (Egypt) > Commerce > History > 20th century.
Egypt > History > Revolution, 1952.
Egypt > Politics and government > 1919-1952.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The 'ever-melting' city
  • Department stores and downtown shopping
  • Anticolonial boycotts and national trade
  • Shoes, socks, and marketing mass consumption
  • Postwar commodity parables and the cracking of late colonialism
  • The Cairo fire and postcolonial consumption.

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