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

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 milie...

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Main Author: Sanders, Paula (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Subjects:

Architecture > Egypt > Cairo > 19th century.
Islamic architecture > Egypt > Cairo.
City planning > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century.
Cairo (Egypt) > Civilization > 19th century.
Cairo (Egypt) > Religious life and customs.
Cairo (Egypt) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Conservation and restoration.

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Call Number: NA1583 .S26 2008

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245 1 0 |a Creating medieval Cairo :  |b empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /  |c Paula Sanders. 
264 1 |a Cairo ;  |a New York :  |b American University in Cairo Press,  |c c2008. 
300 |a xv, 216 pages, [16] pages of plates :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-206) and index. 
505 0 |a Constructing medieval Cairo in the nineteenth century -- Islam for the modern world : medieval Cairo between Egyptian reformers and British critics -- Cairo of the Arabian Nights -- Keeping Cairo medieval : world heritage and the debate over Fatimid monuments. 
520 |a "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." 
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651 0 |a Cairo (Egypt)  |x Civilization  |y 19th century.  
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