The walled Arab city in literature, architecture and history : the living Medina in the Magrhib

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9781315038919

Publication Information New:

London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 2001.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Series:

Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world, 3

History and society in the Islamic world ; 3.

General Note:

This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue on 'The walled Arab city in literature, architecture and history : the living Medina in the Maghrib' of The Journal of North African Studies (ISSN 1362-9387) 5/4 (Winter 2000).

Contents:

Orientalism as irony in Gerard de Nerval's Voyage en Orient / James E. Housefield -- Watering the garden of Tangier : colonial contestations in a Moroccan city / Susan Gilson Miller -- The social context of working equines in the urban Middle East : the example of Fez Medina / Diana K. Davis and Denys Frappier -- The role of the Medinas in the reconstruction of Algerian culture and identity / Djilali Sari -- Geographies of Jewish Tlemcen / Susan Slyomovics -- Neighbourhood notes : texture and streetscape in the Medina of Tunis / Justin McGuinness -- Preservation and self-absorption : Italian colonisation and the walled city of Tripoli, Libya / Mia Fuller.

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Islamic cities and towns -- Africa, North -- History.

Cities and towns -- Africa, North -- History.

Architecture and society -- Africa, North -- History.

Sociology, Urban.

Islamic architecture -- Africa, North.

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