Cairo : histories of a city / Nezar AlSayyad.
| Author/creator | AlSayyad, Nezar |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard Universitry Press, 2011. |
| Description | xix, 325 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Histories of a city |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010041688 |
| ISBN | 9780674047860 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674047869 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NA1583 .A47 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |