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Transforming Damascus : space and modernity in an Islamic city / Leila Hudson.
LIBRA HN658.D36 T73 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hudson, Leila.
- Series:
- Library of Middle East history ; 16.
- Library of Middle East history ; 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences.
- Damascus (Syria)--History.
- Damascus (Syria).
- Damascus (Syria)--Social conditions.
- Social sciences--Syria--Damascus.
- Syria--Social conditions.
- Syria.
- Social conditions.
- Syria--Damascus.
- Physical Description:
- x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 Bab al-Sham: Approaching Damascus 1
- 2 Bab al-Hukm: On Political Capital, 1860-1880 15
- 3 Bab al-Watha'iq: On Archival Capital 33
- 4 Bab al-Mal: On Merchant Capital 45
- 5 Bab al-Usra: On Human Capital 67
- 6 Bab al-'Ilm: On Intellectual Capital 85
- 7 Bab al-Watan: On Political Capital, 1897-1908 99
- 8 Bab al-Harb: On Capital in Crisis, 1908-1918 117.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845115791
- 1845115791
- OCLC:
- 154698761
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