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Kabul : a history 1773-1948
- Title
- Kabul : a history 1773-1948 / by May Schinasi ; translated by R.D. McChesney.
- Author
- Schinasi, May
- Publication
- Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2017]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- McChesney, R. D., 1944-
- Description
- xii, 240 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates; 27 cm
- Summary
- Through years of neglect, deliberate modernization, and the effect of decades of war, Kabul's architectural history has virtually disappeared. By meticulous use of all available records including written works, photographs, films, and oral reminiscences, 'Kabul: A History 1773-1948' provides a remarkably complete and unsurpassed account of the city's history as seen through its built environment, from the pleasure gardens of the 16th and 17th century Mughals to the efforts of the Saduza'i and Muhammadza'i rulers of the 18th-20th centuries to turn this one-time resort town into a thriving capital city at the center of a country of enormous diversity. Thoroughly documented and well-illustrated, the book reveals the rich cultural legacy of a city of global importance.
- Uniform Title
- Kaboul 1773-1948. English
- Alternative Title
- Kaboul 1773-1948.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translated from the French.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The garden city of Babur and the great Mughals -- The viscissitudes of the new Afghan capital: 1773-1879 -- Amir Abd or-Rahmân Khân: master builder, 1880-1901 -- The serâjiya capital, 1901-1919 -- Amâniya Kabul: the dream of modernization -- The emergence of modern urban planning, 1930-1948.
- Call Number
- JFF 17-1056
- ISBN
- 9789004323636
- 9004323635
- LCCN
- 2016026009
- OCLC
- 967260943
- Author
- Schinasi, May, author.
- Title
- Kabul : a history 1773-1948 / by May Schinasi ; translated by R.D. McChesney.
- Publisher
- Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- McChesney, R. D., 1944- translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 17-1056