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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829035103321

Autore

Hanssen Jens

Titolo

Fin de siècle Beirut : the making of an Ottoman provincial capital / / Jens Hanssen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Clarendon Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-383-04271-3

0-19-155772-2

1-280-75858-9

9786610758586

1-4237-7110-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Oxford Historical Monographs

Disciplina

956.92/5034

Soggetti

Beirut (Lebanon) History 19th century

Beirut (Lebanon) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Fin de Siècle Beirut is a landmark contribution to the growing literature on Ottoman studies, Arab cultural history, and Mediterranean cities. Combining urban theory with postcolonial methodology, Jens Hanssen argues that modern Beirut is the outcome of persistent social and intellectual struggles over the production of space. Drawing on published and unpublished Ottoman government documents, Arabic sources, and European archival material, Hanssen traces the urban experience of modernity in the Ottoman Empire.