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Cairo

Title: Cairo / André Raymond ; translated by Willard Wood.
Author: Raymond, André.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.

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viii, 436 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Caire. English

Alternative Title

Caire.

Subject

Cairo (Egypt) > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-421) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Foundations (642-1250). 1. Fustat, the First Capital. 2. Cairo, Fatimid City. 3. Cairo under the Ayyubids -- Pt. 2. Medieval Cairo (1250-1517). 4. The Mamluks. 5. The High Point of Mamluk Cairo (1250-1348). 6. The Great Crisis (1348-1412). 7. Maqrizi's Cairo. 8. The End of an Era (1412-1517) -- Pt. 3. The Traditional City (1517-1798). 9. A New Political System. 10. Urban Society. 11. Expansion under the Ottomans. 12. City Administration and Daily Life. 13. Spheres of Activity -- Pt. 4. Contemporary Cairo (1798-1992). 14. A Slow Awakening (1798-1863). 15. The Dream of Westernization (1863-1936). 16. The Nightmares of Growth (1936-1992).

ISBN

0674003160 (alk. paper)

LCCN

00056747

OCLC

ocm44493396
SCSB-4044253

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Columbia University Libraries