Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt / Paula Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Paula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Egypt--Cairo--History--19th century.

City planning.

Islamic architecture--Egypt--Cairo.

Islamic architecture.

Cairo (Egypt)--Civilization--19th century.

Cairo (Egypt).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the interrelated topics of empire, local history, religion, and transnational heritage, historian Paula Sanders shows how Cairo's architectural heritage became canonized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appe

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781617972300

1617972304

9781617974816

1617974811