A city consumed : urban commerce, the Cairo fire, and the politics of decolonization in Egypt /

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Though now remembered as an act of anti-colonial protest leading to the Egyptian military coup of 1952, the Cairo Fire that burned through downtown stores and businesses appeared to many at the time as an act of urban self-destruction and national suicide. The logic behind this latter view has now b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reynolds, Nancy Y. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
1900-1999
Consumption (Economics) > Egypt > Cairo > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Economic aspects > Egypt.
Nationalisme > Aspect économique > Égypte.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
Commerce.
Consumption (Economics)
Nationalism > Economic aspects.
Politics and government
Cairo (Egypt) > Commerce > History > 20th century.
Egypt > Politics and government > 1919-1952.
Egypt > History > Revolution, 1952.
Égypte > Politique et gouvernement > 1919-1952.
Égypte > Histoire > 1952 (Révolution)
Egypt.
Egypt > Cairo.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. The "Ever-Melting" City; 2. Department Stores and Downtown Shopping; 3. Anticolonial Boycotts and National Trade; 4. Socks, Shoes, and Marketing Mass Consumption; 5. Postwar Commodity Parables and the Crackingof Late Colonialism; 6. The Cairo Fire and Postcolonial Consumption; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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