Cairo's street stories : exploring the city's statues, squares, bridges, gardens, and sidewalk cafés /
In 1872, Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, was the first to adopt the European custom of positioning heroic statues on public display as a symbolic message of the continuing authority of the ruling Muhammad Ali dynasty to which he belonged, but it was not until the early twentieth century and the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Lababidi, Lesley Kitchen (Autor) |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cairo, Egypt :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2008.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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