Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, Date: 2008. English Text. Cairo, 2008; bound, pp. 216, b/w ill., cm 15x24. 2008. The American University in Cairo Press ISBN 9774160959 9789774160950 [IT]

ISBN10: 9774160959, ISBN13: 9789774160950, [publisher: American University in Cairo Press, Cairo] Hardcover Hardcover. "In many areas it breaks new ground, asks new questions, and gives a far more sophisticated, nuanced presentation of preservation and conservation issues for Egypt than I have seen elsewhere . . . C]overs familiar territory in a totally new manner." - Jere Bacharach, University of WashingtonThis book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: namely, the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the interrelated topics of empire, local history, religion, and transnational heritage, historian Paula Sanders shows how Cairo's architectural heritage became canonized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comite) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of The Thousand and One Nights on European notions of the medieval Arab city. Offering fresh perspectives and keen historical ...

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ISBN10: 9774160959, ISBN13: 9789774160950, [publisher: The American University in Cairo Press] Hardcover Argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the 19th century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; ABC; AM; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621. . 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 9774160959, ISBN13: 9789774160950, [publisher: The American University in Cairo Press] Hardcover First Edition Argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the 19th century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; ABC; AM; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621. . 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . .
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