Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /

Name: Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /
Author: Sanders, Paula(Author)

Title	Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /
Author	Sanders, Paula(Author)
Subject	Architecture > Egypt > Cairo > 19th century. \| Islamic architecture > Egypt > Cairo. \| City planning > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century. \| Cairo (Egypt) > Civilization > 19th century. \| Cairo (Egypt) > Religious life and customs. \| Cairo (Egypt) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Conservation and restoration.
Type	Book
Language	English
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	216
Physical Dimensions	xv, 216 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Library:	American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID	NA1583 .S26 2008
Record ID	15439
Library Location	ARCE Library
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-206) and index. \| "This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: namely, the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the interrelated topics of empire, local history, religion, and transnational heritage, historian Paula Sanders shows how Cairo's architectural heritage became canonized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comiť) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of The Thousand and One Nights on European notions of the medieval Arab city ... this volume examines the unacknowledged colonial legacy that continues to inform the practice of and debates over preservation in Cairo."
Sample Text	"This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: namely, the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the interrelated topics of empire, local history, religion, and transnational heritage, historian Paula Sanders shows how Cairo's architectural heritage became canonized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comiť) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of The Thousand and One Nights on European notions of the medieval Arab city ... this volume examines the unacknowledged colonial legacy that continues to inform the practice of and debates over preservation in Cairo."

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Creating medieval Cairo : empire, religion, and architectural preservation in nineteenth-century Egypt /

Author Sanders, Paula(Author)

Subject Architecture > Egypt > Cairo > 19th century. | Islamic architecture > Egypt > Cairo. | City planning > Egypt > Cairo > History > 19th century. | Cairo (Egypt) > Civilization > 19th century. | Cairo (Egypt) > Religious life and customs. | Cairo (Egypt) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Conservation and restoration.

Type Book

Language English

Digital No

Manuscript No

Pages Count 216

Physical Dimensions xv, 216 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Library American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE

Library Asset ID NA1583 .S26 2008

Record ID 15439

Library Location ARCE Library

Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-206) and index. | "This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: namely, the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the interrelated topics of empire, local history, religion, and transnational heritage, historian Paula Sanders shows how Cairo's architectural heritage became canonized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comiť) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of The Thousand and One Nights on European notions of the medieval Arab city ... this volume examines the unacknowledged colonial legacy that continues to inform the practice of and debates over preservation in Cairo."

Sample Text "This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: namely, the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the interrelated topics of empire, local history, religion, and transnational heritage, historian Paula Sanders shows how Cairo's architectural heritage became canonized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book also explains why and how the city assumed its characteristically Mamluk appearance and situates the activities of the European-dominated architectural preservation committee (known as the Comiť) within the history of religious life in nineteenth-century Cairo. Sanders explores such varied topics as the British experience in India, the Egyptian debate over religious reform, and the influence of The Thousand and One Nights on European notions of the medieval Arab city ... this volume examines the unacknowledged colonial legacy that continues to inform the practice of and debates over preservation in Cairo."