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Title

Cairo : the city victorious / Max Rodenbeck.

Author

Rodenbeck, Max, 1962-

Publication

New York : Knopf, 1999.

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Description

xviii, 300 pages : map; 25 cm

Summary

• The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Napoleon, Cairo has never stopped reinventing itself. Even in this century, as Max Rodenbeck shows us, the city has transformed itself yet again - from a glamorous European outpost into the nationalistic capital of the Arab world. And, most recently, we have been witness to contemporary Cairo grappling with a population explosion that strains every aspect of city life beyond capacity.
• From the hashish dens to the salons of contemporary Cairo, Rodenbeck explores the city's stark contrasts. Ancient tombs abut skyscrapers and genteel colonial mansions, and the people, pulled between the cultural poles of Paris and Mecca, struggle with the double burden of an incomparably rich past and a challenging future. With wit and an understanding that comes from a deep-seated love of the place, Rodenbeck brings Cairo to life in all its chaotic beauty.

Subject

Cairo (Egypt)

Note

• Originally published: London : Picador, 1998.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-290) and index.

Contents

An Orientation -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Dead Cities -- 3. Cities of the Dead -- 4. Mother of the World -- 5. Medieval Decline -- 6. The Phoenix Caged -- 7. Where Worlds Collide -- 8. Conflict and Fusion -- 9. Keeping the Faith -- 10. High Life, Low Life -- 11. The Voice of Cairo.

ISBN

• 0679446516 (hc)
• 0679767274 (pbk.)

LCCN

98014214

OCLC

• 39556583
• ocm39556583

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries