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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cairo, Egypt :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2008.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Eclectic City
- Cairo is ... an 'Ahwa
- River City
- Virgin City, 640-1270
- Medieval City, 1270-1517
- Oriental City, 1517-1801
- Cairo is ... a Gineina
- Egyptian City, 1801-Today
- Cairo is ... a Midan
- Muhammad Ali and Modernization, 1805-82
- Sheikh Omar Makram, Laz Oghli Pasha, Soliman Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha, Mariette Pasha
- Nationalism and Independence, 1882-1952
- Mustafa Kamil, Muhammad Farid, Al-Demirdash Pasha, Hafez Ibrahim, Ahmad Shawqi, Saad Zaghloul, Talaat Harb, Cairo University Statue, Taha Hussein, Naguib Mahfouz, Ahmad Maher, Egypt's Awakening
- Revolution and Political Reform, 1952-70
- Gamal Abd al-Nasser, Abd al-Moneim Riyad, Umm Kulthum, Muhammad Abd al-Wahab
- Cairo is ... a Kubri
- The Sculptors
- How to Clean a Statue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover