Ottoman Rule in Damascus, 1708-1758, Barbir Karl K.

Автор: Francis, A.d.
Название: Methuens and portugal 1691 - 1708
ISBN: 0521083842 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521083843
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: An account of Anglo-Portuguese diplomatic and commercial relations between 1691 and 1708. Any study of this aspect of the War of the Spanish Succession hinges on the diplomatic despatches of the Methuen family. John Methuen was appointed English Minister in Lisbon in 1691 and later became Ambassador.

Автор: Totah Faedah
Название: Preserving the Old City of Damascus
ISBN: 0815633491 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815633495
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and a major cultural and religious center, Damascus is a repository of numerous civilizations, ancient and modern, that embody the collective national as well as Arab/Islamic memory. Although a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, the Old City attracted the interest of investors only toward the end of the century. The historic center of greater Damascus became the focus of private investment when the government implemented economic reforms geared toward globalization. Distinguished from other neighborhoods by the large number of religious buildings, historic monuments, and a wall with foundations in the Roman period, the Old City is important for government efforts to promote heritage tourism as part of the country's entry into the global economy.

In Preserving the Old City of Damascus, Totah examines the recent gentrification of the historic urban core of the Syrian capital and the ways in which urban space became the site for negotiating new economic and social realities prior to the civil war. The book illustrates how long-term inhabitants of the historic quarter, developers, and government officials offer at times competing interpretations of urban space and its use as they vie for control over the representation of the historic neighborhoods. Based on over two years of ethnographic and archival research, this book expands our understanding of neoliberal urbanism in non-Western cities.