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The Insecure City : Space, Power, and Mobility in Beirut /

Urban anthropologist Kristin Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful direction--the story of traffic in the Middle East, focusing on Beirut. As bombs reappeared recently following an impasse between competing political groups and their international backers, residents of the city wer...

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Autor principal: Monroe, Kristin V. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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