Etudes Sur Les Villes Du Proche-Orient XVIé-XIXé Siécle. Hommage A Andre Raymond.

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274 pp; 1 b/w photograph, 7 plans of which 1 folding, tables, English & French text, publisher’s original wrappers; Copy in mint condition. New. 2001. Sixteen studies published in this work covering various aspects of the problems facing the cities of the Near East. Leading European and Arab _x000d_ scholars contributed to this work which discusses the artisan activities of Cairo in the 18th century, the Opposition of the Azhar Ulam to Ottoman Laws, Social structure and political power in Acre 1740-1840, Amir Abd al-Qadir _x000d_ and the Damascus " Incident' in 1860, and other subjects.