| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Summary |
An interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the nature of urbanism under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction. 1. Urban regional history before the Mamluks: presenting Tripoli, Safad, and Jerusalem -- Part II. The tangible city. 2. Reading the built environment: a field survey of Mamluk Jerusalem ; 3. Houses and residential solutions in the cities of al-Sham ; 4. The neighborhood: social and spatial expressions -- Part III. The socially constructed city. 5. Awqāf and urban infrastructures ; 6. Icons of power and expressions of religious piety: the politics of Mamluk patronage -- Part IV. The conceptualized city. 7. Cities scripted, envisioned, and perceived ; 8. The public sphere -- urban autonomy and its limitations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Middle East -- History.
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Cities and towns. |
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Middle East. |
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Mamelukes.
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Mamelukes. |
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History. |
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TRAVEL -- Middle East -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107048843 |
| ISBN |
9781107724129 |
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1107724120 |
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9781107270114 |
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1107270111 |
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9781107732247 |
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1107732247 |
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9781107048843 |
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1107048842 |
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9781107626713 |
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1107721148 |
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9781107721142 |
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1107723426 |
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9781107723429 |
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1107728134 |
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9781107728134 |
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1107728738 |
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9781107728738 |
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