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This volume explores the meaning and significance of urban space, and maps the spatial inscription of power on the mega-city of Cairo. Suspicious of collective life and averse to power-sharing, Egyptian governance structures weaken but do not stop the public's role in the remaking of their city...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Singerman, Diane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2009.
Edición:[CA & US version].
Temas:
Social change > Egypt > Cairo.
Urban policy > Egypt > Cairo.
City and town life > Egypt > Cairo.
City planning > Egypt > Cairo.
Politique urbaine > Égypte > Le Caire.
Vie urbaine > Égypte > Le Caire.
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
City and town life.
City planning.
Economic history.
Social change.
Social conditions
Urban policy.
Cairo (Egypt) > Economic conditions.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social conditions.
Egypt > Cairo.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume explores the meaning and significance of urban space, and maps the spatial inscription of power on the mega-city of Cairo. Suspicious of collective life and averse to power-sharing, Egyptian governance structures weaken but do not stop the public's role in the remaking of their city.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 488 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781936190324
193619032X
9781617973895
1617973890

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