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Cairo: 1001 years of the city victorious

Janet L. Abu-Lughod 1971 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9780691656601 (hardcover)
  • 9780691655185 (paper)
  • 9780691193946 (ebook)
Subject
  • Middle Eastern: General & Multiperiod
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page v)
  • List of Illustrations (page xi)
  • List of Maps (page xv)
  • List of Tables and Charts (page xvi)
  • 1. Introduction (page 3)
  • PART I THE ISLAMIC CITY
    • 2. The Legacy of the First Arab Settlements (640-1170) (page 13)
    • 3. Ascent to Medieval Capital (1170-1340) (page 27)
    • 4. Decline and Fall (page 37)
    • 5. The Heritage from the Medieval City (page 56)
  • PART II THE MODERN ERA: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
    • 6. Cleansing the Augean Stables (1800-1848) (page 83)
    • 7. The Origins of Modern Cairo (page 98)
    • 8. The Exploding Demand for Capital City Residence (page 118)
    • 9. The Increased Supply of Urban Land (page 132)
    • 10. Urban Problems: Old, Persistent, and New (page 144)
  • PART III THE CONTEMPORARY METROPOLIS
    • An Epilogue and an Introduction (page 169)
    • 11. The Emergence of the Northern City: Comparative Growth Rates (page 171)
    • 12. The Anatomy of Metropolitan Cairo (page 182)
    • 13. Whither the City: A Prognosis (page 221)
    • 14. A Personal Postscript (page 238)
  • Appendix: A Methodological Note (page 243)
  • Bibliography (page 257)
  • Index (page 267)
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JNES 35.3 (Jul. 1976): 203-204 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2968%28197607%2935%3A3%3C203%3AC1YOTC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
CS 4.3 (May 1975): 313-315 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28197505%294%3A3%3C313%3AC1YOTC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
BSOAS 37.2 (1974): 527 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-977X%281974%2937%3A2%3C527%3AC1YOTC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
AHR 78.4 (Oct. 1973): 1107-1108 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197310%2978%3A4%3C1107%3AC1YOTC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1
IJAHS 5.4 (1972): 690-692 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-7882%281972%295%3A4%3C690%3AC1YOTC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y
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