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Reconstructing Beirut : memory and space in a postwar Arab city /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sawalha, Aseel, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant.
Subjects:
Urban renewal > Lebanon > Beirut.
City planning > Lebanon > Beirut > History > 20th century.
Lebanon > Economic conditions > 1990-
Table of Contents:
  • Beirut : a city in transition
  • Downtown in "the ancient city of the future"
  • 'Ayn el-mreisse : the global market and the apartment unit
  • "Beirut is ours, not theirs" : neighborhood sites and struggles in 'Ayn el-mreisse
  • Cafés, funerals, and the future of coffee spaces
  • Placing the war-displaced
  • Afterword : reclaiming downtown again.