The bazaar in the Islamic city : design, culture, and history /
The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
[2012]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Tables
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Ideal-type and Urban History
- The Making of the Old City
- Commerce in the Emerging Empire
- The Continuity of Social Space
- The Suqs of Sanaa
- Crafts and Trade
- From Pre-industrial to Industrial Kabul
- Politics and Patronage
- A Caravanserai on the Route to Modernity
- Form and Function
- New Trinkets in Old Spaces