An Urban History Of Bulaq In The Mamluk And Ottoman Periods
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| Author | : Peter Sluglett |
| Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
| Total Pages | : 339 |
| Release | : 2008-12-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0815650639 |
The great cities of the Middle East and North Africa have long attracted the attention and interest of historians. With the discovery and wider use over the last few decades of Islamic court records and Ottoman administrative documents, our knowledge of Middle Eastern cities between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries has vastly expanded. Drawing upon a treasure trove of documents and using a variety of methodologies, the contributors succeed in providing a significant overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied, as well as an excellent introduction to current literature in the field.
| Author | : Salma Khadra Jayyusi |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 1520 |
| Release | : 2008-06-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9047442652 |
The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric, but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities. Salma Khadra Jayyusi was awarded Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her profound contribution to Arabic literature and culture in 2020. The paperback edition of The City in the Islamic World was published to celebrate the occasion.
| Author | : Palmira Johnson Brummett |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 1994-01-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780791417010 |
This work reframes sixteenth-century history , incorporating the Ottoman empire more thoroughly into European, Asian and world history. It analyzes the Ottoman Empire's expansion eastward in the contexts of claims to universal sovereignty, Levantine power politics, and the struggle for control of the oriental trade. Challenging the notion that the sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire was merely a reactive economic entity driven by the impulse to territorial conquest, Brummett portrays it as inheritor of Euro-Asian trading networks and participant in the contest for commercial hegemony from Genoa and Venice to the Indian Ocean. Brummett shows that the development of seapower was crucial to this endeavor, enabling the Ottomans to subordinate both Venice and the Mamluk kingdom to dependency relationships and providing the Ottoman ruling class access to commercial investment and wealth.
| Author | : Carl F. Petry |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 492 |
| Release | : 1998-12-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521472111 |
The Cambridge History of Egypt offers the first comprehensive English-language treatment of Egyptian history through thirteen centuries, from the Arab conquest to the present day. The two-volume survey considers the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of the world's oldest state, summarizing the debates and providing insight into current controversies. As today's Egypt reclaims a leading role in the Islamic, Arab, and Afro-Asian worlds, the project stands as testimony to its complex and vibrant past. Volume 2 traces Egypt's modern history from the Ottoman conquest to the end of the twentieth century. A wide range of scholars from the humanities and social sciences have been brought together to explore the history of the period. Their conclusions reflect the work of traditional scholarship and also indicate present trends and future directions in historical writing in Egypt.
| Author | : Thomas Philipp |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 1998-02-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521591157 |
In this book, distinguished scholars provide an accessible introduction to the structure of political power under the Mamluks and its economic foundations.
| Author | : Suraiya Faroqhi |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 442 |
| Release | : 1997-04-28 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780521574556 |
A major contribution to Ottoman history, now published in paperback in two volumes.
| Author | : Nelly Hanna |
| Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 1998-05-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780815627630 |
Nelly Hanna's work challenges the standard perceptions about Middle East society and economy of the seventeenth century. Both novel in its approach and information, this book's central theme revolves around the rise of an indigenous form of capitalism existing as early as the 1600s. Making Big Money in 1600 examines the reemergence of the economic sector and its complex influences on social conditions during this time. By examining the life and work of Isma'il Abu Taqiyya, Hanna traces the relationship between economic activities and culture. As we are introduced to Abu Taqiyya we learn how he negotiates partnership with other merchants, arranges for the handling of goods, and negotiates loans for colleagues. Hanna reveals his home life, his wives, children, and concubines, his relations with his family and friends, and how these relations evolved and were affected by the changing social and economic conditions-a perspective rarely discussed in works before the modern period.
| Author | : Bernard O'Kane |
| Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9789774162442 |
This book uses photographs as documentary evidence to study Islamic architecture. The Creswell photographic archive at the American University in Cairo is an invaluable resource of over 12,000 printed images of Islamic architecture, mainly in Cairo, but also including buildings in other important cities such as Cordoba and Baghdad. Creswell's own photographs constitute the majority of the collection, but he also assembled work by photographers active in the decades before he began his systematic recording in the 1920s.
| Author | : Mona Abaza |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2006-12-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9047410475 |
In a collage of images the author attempts to convey the transformation of consumer culture and how it is related to the urban reshaping of the city of Cairo to meet with the demands of globalisation. Evidently Cairo ́s urban reshaping is taking place by pushing away the unwanted slums residents, which constitute the majority of the city ́s population.
| Author | : Sherry Sayed Gadelrab |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 215 |
| Release | : 2016-01-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786739755 |
In Middle Eastern and Islamic societies, the politics of sexual knowledge is a delicate and often controversial subject. Sherry Sayed Gadelrab focuses on nineteenth and early-twentieth century Egypt, claiming that during this period there was a perceptible shift in the medical discourse surrounding conceptualisations of sex differences and the construction of sexuality. Medical authorities began to promote theories that suggested men's innate 'active' sexuality as opposed to women's more 'passive' characteristics, interpreting the differences in female and male bodies to correspond to this hierarchy. Through examining the interconnection of medical, legal, religious and moral discourses on sexual behaviour, Gadelrab highlights the association between sex, sexuality and the creation and recreation of the concept of gender at this crucial moment in the development of Egyptian society. By analysing the debates at the time surrounding science, medicine, morality, modernity and sexuality, she paints a nuanced picture of the Egyptian understanding and manipulation of the concepts of sex and gender.
