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The Bazaar in the Islamic City: Design, Culture and History
Gharipour
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Description for The Bazaar in the Islamic City: Design, Culture and History
Hardback. Editor(s): Gharipour, Mohammad. Num Pages: 320 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 839.
The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics of the bazaar with a number of case studies from Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Nablus, Bursa, Istanbul, Sana'a, Kabul, Tehran, and Yazd. Although they share some contextual and functional characteristics, each bazaar has its own unique and fascinating history, traditions, cultural practices, and structure. One ... Read more
The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics of the bazaar with a number of case studies from Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Nablus, Bursa, Istanbul, Sana'a, Kabul, Tehran, and Yazd. Although they share some contextual and functional characteristics, each bazaar has its own unique and fascinating history, traditions, cultural practices, and structure. One ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774165290
SKU
V9789774165290
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About Gharipour
Mohammad Gharipour teaches at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Morgan State University. He has published widely on the history of Islamic architecture and urban design, and is the director and founding editor of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.
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