A cultural history of furniture / [general editor Christina M. Anderson]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910646590503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022
• ISBN: 9781472577764; 9781472577801; 9781472577849; 9781472577856; 9781472577870; 9781472577887
• Descrizione fisica: 6 v. : ill. ; 24 cm
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: 900/C BLCH 04 (1); 900/C BLCH 04 (2); 900/C BLCH 04 (3); 900/C BLCH 04 (4); 900/C BLCH 04 (5); 900/C BLCH 04 (6)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1.: In Antiquity / edited by Dimitra Andrianou 2.: In the Middle Ages and Renaissance / edited by Erin J. Campbell and Stephanie Miller 3.: In the Age of Exploration / edited by Christina M. Anderson and Elizabeth A. Carroll 4.: In the Age of Enlightenment / edited by Sylvain Cordier, Christina M. Anderson and Laura Houliston 5.: In the Age of Empire and Industry / edited by Catherine L. Futter and Christina M. Anderson 6.: In the Modern Age / edited by Claire I.R. O'Mahony

Egyptian society under Ottoman rule, 1517-1798 / / Michael Winter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973483603321
• Autore: Winter Michael <1934->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992
• ISBN: 1-134-97513-9; 0-415-75512-3; 1-134-97514-7; 1-280-09889-9; 0-203-16923-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Disciplina: 301/.0962; 962.03
• Soggetti: Social classes - Egypt - History; Egypt History 1517-1882; Egypt Social conditions
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Background; The Vicissitudes of the Ruling Class; The Bedouin Arabs and the State; The Ulama; The Sufis; Popular Religion; The Ashraf and Naqib al-Ashraf: The Prophet's Descendants and their Chief; The Dhimmis: Jews and Christians; Life in Ottoman Cairo; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Michael Winter's book presents a panoramic view of Ottoman Egypt from the overthrow of the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517 to Bonaparte's invasion of 1798 and the beginning of Egypt's modern period.Drawing on archive material, chronicle and travel accounts from Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew and European sources as well as up-to-date research, this comprehensive social history looks at the dynamics of the Egyptian-Ottoman relationship and the ethnic and cultural clashes which characterised the period. The conflicts between Ottoman pashas and their Egyptian subjects and between Bedouin Arabs and th