ACLS Humanities E-Book: Cairo: 1001 years of the city victorious

Cairo: 1001 years of the city victorious

Abu-Lughod, Janet L.

Year: 1971.

Publisher: Princeton University Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

List of Tables and Charts

1. Introduction

PART I THE ISLAMIC CITY

2. The Legacy of the First Arab Settlements (640-1170)

3. Ascent to Medieval Capital (1170-1340)

4. Decline and Fall

5. The Heritage from the Medieval City

PART II THE MODERN ERA: A TALE OF TWO CITIES

6. Cleansing the Augean Stables (1800-1848)

7. The Origins of Modern Cairo

8. The Exploding Demand for Capital City Residence

9. The Increased Supply of Urban Land

10. Urban Problems: Old, Persistent, and New

PART III THE CONTEMPORARY METROPOLIS

An Epilogue and an Introduction

11. The Emergence of the Northern City: Comparative Growth Rates

12. The Anatomy of Metropolitan Cairo

13. Whither the City: A Prognosis

14. A Personal Postscript

Appendix: A Methodological Note

Bibliography

Index

reviews

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Title:

Cairo : 1001 years of the city victorious Janet L. Abu-Lughod.

Author:

Abu-Lughod, Janet L

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Cairo : 1001 years of the city victorious Janet L. Abu-Lughod.
Abu-Lughod, Janet L
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.

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• Cairo (Egypt)

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