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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458511703321

Autore

Sawalha Aseel <1966->

Titolo

Reconstructing Beirut [[electronic resource] ] : memory and space in a postwar Arab city / / Aseel Sawalha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

0-292-79283-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant

Disciplina

307.3/40956925

Soggetti

City planning - Lebanon - Beirut - History - 20th century

Urban renewal - Lebanon - Beirut

Electronic books.

Lebanon Economic conditions 1990-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beirut : a city in transition -- Downtown in "the ancient city of the future" -- 'Ayn el-mreisse : the global market and the apartment unit -- "Beirut is ours, not theirs" : neighborhood sites and struggles in 'Ayn el-mreisse -- Cafes, funerals, and the future of coffee spaces -- Placing the war-displaced -- Afterword : reclaiming downtown again.