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Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /

"This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: namely, the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanders, Paula
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Constructing medieval Cairo in the nineteenth century
  • Islam for the modern world : medieval Cairo between Egyptian reformers and British critics
  • Cairo of the Arabian Nights
  • Keeping Cairo medieval : world heritage and the debate over Fatimid monuments.