Remaking The Modern
Space, Relocation, And The Politics Of Identity In A Global Cairo
Overview
An ethnography of a housing project in Cairo, which demonstrates how the modernizing efforts of the Egyptian government runs headlong into the traditional customs of the area's low-income residents. Brings new meaning to the phrase "global and local."
| ISBN | 9780520230460 9780520230453 |
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| Category | Cairo history and architecture |
| Call number | HT384E32 C3444 2002 |
| Physical description | xii, 214 pages:illustrations, maps;24 cm. |
| Edition year | 2002 |
| Bibliographical references? | Yes |
| Publisher name | University Of California Press |
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| Publication year | 2002 |
| Place of publication | Berkeley |
| Language | English |
| Is series? | No |
