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Fin de siècle Beirut : the making of an Ottoman provincial capital /
Combining urban theory with postcolonial methodology, Jens Hanssen argues that modern Beirut is the outcome of persistent social and intellectual struggles over the production of space.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The struggle for self-determination
- 2. A nation of provincials
- 3. Capitalist urbanization and subaltern resistance
- 4. War, health, and the making of municipal Beirut
- 5. The intermediary bourgeoisie and municipal politics
- 6. Provincial classrooms : intellectuals, missionaries, and the state
- 7. Public morality and social marginality
- 8. Urban narratives of modernity
- 9. Provincial architecture and imperial commemoration.