Remaking the modern : space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo /

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In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to modernize the housing conditions of the urban poor, the Egyptian government relocated residents from what was deemed valuable real estate in d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ghannam, Farha, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Colección:Online access: California Digital Library UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (Open Access)
Temas:
Urbanization > Egypt > Cairo.
City and town life > Egypt > Cairo.
Urbanisation > Égypte > Le Caire.
Vie urbaine > Égypte > Le Caire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
City and town life
Economic history
Social conditions
Urbanization
Cairo (Egypt) > Social conditions.
Cairo (Egypt) > Economic conditions.
Egypt > Cairo
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to modernize the housing conditions of the urban poor, the Egyptian government relocated residents from what was deemed valuable real estate in downtown Cairo to public housing on the outskirts of the city.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.
ISBN:9780520936010
0520936019
1597348597
9781597348591
9780520230453
0520230450
9780520230460
0520230469

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