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4%OFFAptin Khanbaghi - Cities as Built and Lived Environments: Scholarship from Muslim Contexts, 1875 to 2011 (Muslim Civilisations Abstracts) - 9780748696185 - V9780748696185
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Cities as Built and Lived Environments: Scholarship from Muslim Contexts, 1875 to 2011 (Muslim Civilisations Abstracts)

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Description for Cities as Built and Lived Environments: Scholarship from Muslim Contexts, 1875 to 2011 (Muslim Civilisations Abstracts) Hardcover. These 200 abstracts, in English, Arabic and Turkish, showcase scholarship that examines cities as built (architecture and urban infrastructure) and lived (urban social life and culture) environments. Editor(s): Khanbaghi, Aptin. Series: Muslim Civilisations Abstracts. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1062.
The rich diversity of the Muslim world is strikingly expressed through its myriad of cities. This reference volume presents abstracts of scholarship examining socio-cultural and cosmopolitan processes with aspects of material culture in contemporary and historic urban contexts. The abstracts, in English, Arabic and Turkish, examine cities as built (architecture and urban infrastructure) and lived (urban social life and culture) environments. The important subject of urban growth in Muslim majority countries over the past 50 years is dealt with in the abstracts of recent works which discuss issues of infrastructure and the environment, as well as migration from rural areas ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Muslim Civilisations Abstracts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748696185
SKU
V9780748696185
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99-50

About Aptin Khanbaghi
Aptin Khanbaghi is a senior researcher and team leader for the MCA (Muslim Civilisations Abstracts) project at Aga Khan University. He received his doctorate from Cambridge University in Iranian studies. His academic interests include religious minorities in West Asia and cultural diversity in the Muslim world. Dr Khanbaghi is the author of The Fire, the Star and the Cross: Minority ... Read more

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