num_pages: 206
description: Contents:Part 1. The ancient Middle Eastern city. Mesopotamia: land of many cities / A.L. Oppenheim. Part 2. The traditional Muslim city. The architecture of the Middle Eastern city / O. Grabar --Muslim cities and Islamic societies / I.M. Lapidus --Cairo : an Islamic city in the light of the Geniza documents / S.D. Goitein. Part 3. Contemporary Middle Eastern cities. Economic change and urbanization in the Middle East / C. Issawi --Village and city : cultural continuities in twentieth century Middle Eastern cultures / J. Gulick --Varieties of urban experience : contrast, coexistence, and coalescence in Cairo / J. Abu-Lughod. Conclusion / R. McC. Adams.
language: English
title: Middle Eastern Cities: A Symposium on Ancient Islamic and Contemporary Middle Eastern Urbanism
titlecomplete: Middle Eastern Cities: A Symposium on Ancient Islamic and Contemporary Middle Eastern Urbanism
ratings_count: 5
publisher: University of California Press