Arab Cities in the Ottoman Period : Cairo, Syria and the Maghreb
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Variorum Collected Studies
ISBN-10
0860788741
ISBN-13
9780860788744
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Variorum
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 14th, 2002
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
730 grams
Product Classification:
Asian historySocial & cultural historyEconomic history
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These articles concentrate on the development of Arab cities during the period of the Ottoman Empire, covering the three centuries before the time when modernization encroached and exploring the problems of space and the social and economic realities within these provincial centres.
Professor Raymond deals here with the evolution of the great Arab cities of the Ottoman period (1516-1800) - with questions of organisation, social life and the built space - looking in particular at Aleppo, Algiers, Constantine and, above all, at Cairo. These studies form part of a movement, in which the author’s work has played a significant role, aiming to re-examine the traditional Orientalist view of ’Muslim cities’. Contrary to the negative perception one so often finds, of decadent and chaotic towns, it can be seen that they had a coherent internal structure and that, far from being in decline, they enjoyed renewed prosperity in the Ottoman era, benefiting from the strength of the empire and flourishing Mediterranean trade. This in turn was reflected in the important and original architectural activity of the period.
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