Cities in Iran

Cities in Iran
Author: Frank P. Sherwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1961
Genre: Local government
ISBN:

Iranian Cities

Iranian Cities
Author: Heinz Gaube
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1979
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN: 9780814729717

Iranian Cities

Iranian Cities
Author: Masoud Kheirabadi
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2000-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780815628606

Exploring the rationale behind the physical structure and spatial patterns of traditional Iranian cities, this study examines cities built before the general modernization of Iran that began after World War II, in the light of specifically Iranian environmental factors.

Town and Country in the Middle East

Town and Country in the Middle East
Author: Mohammad A. Chaichian
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780739126776

"In this book, Mohammad A. Chaichian examines the process of dependent urbanization in Iran and Egypt relating to each country's unique colonial history and dependence on a constantly changing global economy since the early nineteenth century. Using historical data, Chaichian argues that the development of dependent economies has led to displacement of the rural population and migration to major urban centers such as Tehran in Iran and Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. The findings of this study also indicate that by the mid-1970s Iran and Egypt were fully incorporated into the global economy, but in various degrees have since resisted the systemic demands of the new phase of globalization that requires open and fluid borders for utilization of labor, capital investment, and transfer of information."--BOOK JACKET.

Cities of Medieval Iran

Cities of Medieval Iran
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2020-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 900443433X

Cities of Medieval Iran brings together studies in urban geography, archaeology, and history of medieval Iranian cities, covering the millennium from 500 to 1500 AD, with a focus on urban actors themselves.

The City in the Islamic World (2 vols.)

The City in the Islamic World (2 vols.)
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.

An Historical Geography of Iran

An Historical Geography of Iran
Author: Vasilii Vladimirovich Barthold
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1400853222

This volume is a compendium of the rich archeological and literary evidence on the Iranian world in its larger sense, comprising part of what is now Soviet Central Asia and Afghanistan as well as Iran proper. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Persian Cities

Persian Cities
Author: Laurence Lockhart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1960
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN:

Political Landscapes of Capital Cities

Political Landscapes of Capital Cities
Author: Jessica Joyce Christie
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2016-08-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1607324695

Political Landscapes of Capital Cities investigates the processes of transformation of the natural landscape into the culturally constructed and ideologically defined political environments of capital cities. In this spatially inclusive, socially dynamic interpretation, an interdisciplinary group of authors including archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians uses the methodology put forth in Adam T. Smith’s The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities to expose the intimate associations between human-made environments and the natural landscape that accommodate the sociopolitical needs of governmental authority. Political Landscapes of Capital Cities blends the historical, political, and cultural narratives of capital cities such as Bangkok, Cusco, Rome, and Tehran with a careful visual analysis, hinging on the methodological tools of not only architectural and urban design but also cultural, historiographical, and anthropological studies. The collection provides further ways to conceive of how processes of urbanization, monumentalization, ritualization, naturalization, and unification affected capitals differently without losing grasp of local distinctive architectural and spatial features. The essays also articulate the many complex political and ideological agendas of a diverse set of sovereign entities that planned, constructed, displayed, and performed their societal ideals in the spaces of their capitals, ultimately confirming that political authority is profoundly spatial. Contributors: Jelena Bogdanović, Jessica Joyce Christie, Talinn Grigor, Eulogio Guzmán, Gregor Kalas, Stephanie Pilat, Melody Rod-ari, Anne Toxey, Alexei Vranich