Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Cairo : 1001 Years of the City Victorious / Janet L. Abu-Lughod.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5222Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1971Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9780691193946
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 962.16 23
LOC classification:
  • DT143
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 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
Summary: 1001 years as a continuous settlement, 100 years as a modern city, Cairo in the 1970s is a complex metropolis. Janet Abu-Lughod traces the social and demographic history of Cairo, demonstrating the continuities and transformations that underlie the organziation of today's city.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780691193946

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 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

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

1001 years as a continuous settlement, 100 years as a modern city, Cairo in the 1970s is a complex metropolis. Janet Abu-Lughod traces the social and demographic history of Cairo, demonstrating the continuities and transformations that underlie the organziation of today's city.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)