An edition of Damascus (2009)

Damascus

Ottoman modernity and urban transformation (1808-1918)

Damascus
Stefan Weber, Stefan Weber
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An edition of Damascus (2009)

Damascus

Ottoman modernity and urban transformation (1808-1918)

"Damascus, capital of the Ottoman province in Syria and one of the most important centres of the classical Muslim World, underwent some of the same developments in the 19th century as other urban centres in the Mediterranean area and beyond. In the course of the industrial revolution in Europe and the radical expansion of a worldwide network of traffic and communication, new ideas, techniques, material goods and architectural forms spread and challenged locally established patterns of urban and social organisation. This expansion and integration led to an increase in orientation of urban and social structures towards supra-regional models seen, for example, in architecture of houses, public buildings and bazaars or urban organization and clothing. Yet Damascus never became a "European city", but modernised in its own, unique ways. This study examines the society, architecture and urban planning, including the documentation of over one thousand buildings and public spaces, of the endangered UNESCO World Heritage Site of Damascus. The history of these buildings and their transformation are discussed, and many unpublished historical photographs provide an insight into lost and unknown private worlds and urban textures. From a micro-historical approach, this book unfolds the spaces of the everyday life of local actors and agents to unearth and relate the complexity and nonlinear quality of the processes, which transpired as an integral turning point in the history of the Middle East with its entry into modernity." -- Publisher description.

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Damascus: Ottoman modernity and urban transformation (1808-1918)
2009, Aarhus University Press
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Table of Contents

v.1. Text
v.2. Catalogue.
Volume 1: I. Introduction
- II. Protagonists of change
- III. Witness to change
- IV. Aspects of the transformation
- V. conclusions
Volume 2: I. Appendices
- II. Catalogue
- III. Concordance.

Edition Notes

Seven plans folded in back pocket, vol. 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Århus [Denmark]
Series
Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus -- V, 2009, Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus -- 5.
Other Titles
Ottoman modernity and urban transformation (1808-1918)

Classifications

Library of Congress
NA7419.S93 D38 2009, NA7419.S93D38 2009, NA1489.7.D36 W43 2009, NA7419.S93 D3 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
2 v. :

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25184860M
ISBN 10
8779344240
ISBN 13
9788779344242
LCCN
2010454188
OCLC/WorldCat
263986016

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