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1 online resource (x, 323 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Space and place ; volume 14
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Space and place ; v. 14.
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| Summary |
"Covering a period from the late eighteenth century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and historical specificities in a variety of Middle Eastern contexts. By situating incidents in particular processes and conflicts, the case studies seek to counter notions of a violent Middle East in order to foster a new understanding of violence beyond that of a meaningless and destructive social and political act. Contributions explore processes sparked by the transition from empires--Ottoman and Qajar, but also European--to the formation of nation states, and the resulting changes in cityscapes throughout the region"--Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Urban violence in the Middle East changing cityscapes in the transition from empire to nation state / Claudia Ghrawi, Fatemeh Masjedi, Nelida Fuccaro, Ulrike Freitag -- Part I. Managing and employing violence -- Mapping and scaling urban violence : the 1800 insurrection in Cairo / Nora Lafi -- A capital challenge : managing violence and disorders in late Ottoman Istanbul / Noémi Levy-Aksu -- Gendered obscenity : women's tongues, men's phalluses and the state's fist in the making of urban norm in interwar Egypt / Hanan Hammad -- Part II. Symbolic politics of violence -- Urban violence, the Muharram processions and the transformation of Iranian urban society : the case of Dezful / Reza Masoudi Nejad -- Symbolic politics and urban violence in late Ottoman Jeddah / Ulrike Freitag -- Part III. Communal violence and its discontents -- The 1850 uprising in Aleppo : reconsidering the explanatory power of sectarian argumentations / Feras Krimsti -- The city as a stage for a violent spectacle : the massacres of Armenians in istanbul in 1895-96 / Florian Riedler -- Transforming the holy city : from communal clashes to urban violence : the Nebi Musa riots in 1920 / Roberto Mazza -- Part IV. Oil cities : spatiality and violence -- On lines and fences : labour, community and violence in an oil city / Rasmus Christian Elling -- Reading oil as urban violence : Kirkuk and its oil conurbation, 1927-1958 / Nelida Fuccaro -- Structural and physical violence in Saudi Arabian oil towns, 1953-1956 / Claudia Ghrawi -- Afterword: Urban injustice, urban violence and the revolution : reflections on Cairo / Khaled Adham. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban violence -- Middle East -- History.
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Urban violence. |
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Middle East. |
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History. |
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Sociology, Urban -- Middle East -- History.
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Sociology, Urban. |
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City and town life -- Middle East -- History.
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City and town life. |
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Community life -- Middle East -- History.
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Community life. |
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Political culture -- Middle East -- History.
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Political culture. |
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- History.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects. |
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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Social change -- Middle East -- History.
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Social change. |
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Middle East -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Middle East -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Middle East -- Colonial influence.
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Colonial influence. |
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Middle East Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Freitag, Ulrike, editor.
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Fuccaro, Nelida, editor.
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Ghrawi, Claudia, editor.
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Lafi, Nora, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Urban violence in the Middle East 9781782385837 (DLC) 2014033530 (OCoLC)896862154 |
| ISBN |
9781782385844 (electronic book) |
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1782385843 (electronic book) |
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9781782385837 |
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1782385835 |
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