Reconstructing Beirut
Subtitle: memory and space in a postwar Arab city
By: Aseel Sawalha.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292721876
Subjects: Urban renewal -- Lebanon -- Beirut; City planning -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- History -- 20th century; Lebanon -- Economic conditions -- 1990-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beirut : a city in transition; title: Downtown in "the ancient city of the future"; title: Ayn el-mreisse : the global market and the apartment unit; title: "Beirut is ours, not theirs" : neighborhood sites and struggles in Ayn el-mreisse; title: Cafes, funerals, and the future of coffee spaces; title: Placing the war-displaced; title: Afterword : reclaiming downtown again.