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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Relocation and the creation of a global city
  • Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces
  • Old places, new identities
  • Gender and the struggle over public spaces
  • Religion in a global era
  • Roads to prosperity.

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