The insecure city : space, power, and mobility in Beirut /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Monroe, Kristin V., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
City traffic > Lebanon > Beirut.
Public spaces > Lebanon > Beirut.
Sociology, Urban > Lebanon > Beirut.
Urban anthropology > Lebanon > Beirut.
Violence > Lebanon > Beirut.
Sociologie urbaine > Liban > Beyrouth.
Espaces publics > Liban > Beyrouth.
Circulation urbaine > Liban > Beyrouth.
Violence > Liban > Beyrouth.
Anthropologie urbaine > Liban > Beyrouth.
SOCIAL SCIENCE/Sociology/Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
City traffic
Public spaces
Social conditions
Sociology, Urban
Urban anthropology
Violence
Beirut (Lebanon) > Social conditions.
Lebanon > Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut
Sociology
Urban Studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: exploring mobility in Beirut
  • The privatized city
  • The space of war
  • Politics and public space
  • Securing Beirut
  • The "chaos" of driving
  • "There is no state."

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