Making Cairo Medieval

Book Overview

During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed one of its most dramatic periods of transformation. Well on its way to becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a 'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being. While many Europeans in the nineteenth century viewed Cairo as a fundamentally dual city-physically and psychically split between East/West and modern/medieval-the contributors to the provocative collection demonstrate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739109154
• ISBN13: 9780739109151
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"