Middle Eastern cities : a symposium on ancient, Islamic, and contemporary Middle Eastern urbanism /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	University of California, Berkeley. Institute of International Studies. Committee for Middle Eastern Studies
Other Authors:	Lapidus, Ira M. (Ira Marvin) (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 1969. Berkeley : 1979
Series:	California library reprint series.
Subjects:	Cities and towns > Middle East > History. Middle East. Kongress > Berkeley (Calif.) > 1966.

Table of Contents:

Part 1. The ancient Middle Eastern city. Mesopotamia: land of many cities / A.L. Oppenheim. Part 2. The traditional Muslim city. The architecture of the Middle Eastern city / O. Grabar
Muslim cities and Islamic societies / I.M. Lapidus
Cairo : an Islamic city in the light of the Geniza documents / S.D. Goitein. Part 3. Contemporary Middle Eastern cities. Economic change and urbanization in the Middle East / C. Issawi
Village and city : cultural continuities in twentieth century Middle Eastern cultures / J. Gulick
Varieties of urban experience : contrast, coexistence, and coalescence in Cairo / J. Abu-Lughod. Conclusion / R. McC. Adams.