Author: Raymond, Andre
Title: Cairo
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, 2000. orig.boards. 24x16cm, viii,436 pp. Translated by Willard Wood.. ill. maps. Minor rubbing. A dent to bottom binding edge. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Foundations (642-1250): Fustat, the first capital; Cairo, Fatimid city; Cairo under the Ayybids; Medieval Cairo (1250-1517) the Mamluks; the high point og Mamluk Cairo (1250-1348); the Great Crisis (1348-1412); Maqrizis's Cairo; the end of an Era(1412-1517 ); the traditional city (1517-1798) a new political system; urban society; expansion under the Ottomans; city administration and daily life; spheres of activity; Contemporary Cairo: a slow awakening(1798-1863); the dream of Westernization (1863-1936); the nightmares of growth(1936-1992) ["Gaze toward the Nile from the desert hills of Mokattam and the vast city of Cairo unfolds before you, with its monumental architecture, teeming populace and thousands of years of rich history. The extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present come vividly to life in this magisterial study by Andre Raymond, arguably the premier social historian of the Arab world. The most deeply observed and historically nuanced account ever given of the greatest Arab city of northern Africa, this book shows us Cairo from the glimmer of its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 through its transformation into the modern centre of Middle Eastern life today. Here are the Fatimids, the Mamluks, and the Ottomans, the invasions, dynastic changes, and religious conflicts that one after another altered and shaped Cairo's destiny. And here, alongside rulers and religious leaders, are the merchants and artisans who have given Cairene life its distinctive character over time... - Publisher's description].

Keywords: Egyptian Urban History, Cairo, Historiography, Geography, Sociology, , , ,