historical egyptian » historical deduction (Expand Search), historical evolution (Expand Search), historiens egyptiens (Expand Search)
american historians » american historical (Expand Search), american history (Expand Search), american christians (Expand Search)
historia aegyptia » historia augusta (Expand Search)
historians egypt » history egypt (Expand Search), christians egypt (Expand Search)
religion history » region history (Expand Search)
history egyptian » history egypt (Expand Search), pottery egyptian (Expand Search), century egyptian (Expand Search)
egypt influence » egyptian influence (Expand Search)
american over » american bar (Expand Search), american eden (Expand Search), american eyes (Expand Search)
over egyptian » lower egyptian (Expand Search), other egyptian (Expand Search), order egyptian (Expand Search)
Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /
:
"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: namely, 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 appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comiť) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of The Thousand and One Nights on European notions of the medieval Arab city ... this volume examines the unacknowledged colonial legacy that continues to inform the practice of and debates over preservation in Cairo."
:
xv, 216 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-206) and index. :
9774160959