1st Edition
Islamic Urbanism Political Power and Social Networks
Edited By Tsugitaka SATO
Copyright 1997
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Islamic cultures in the Middle East have inherited and developed a legacy of urbanism spanning millennia to the ancient civilizations of the region. In contrast to well-organized states like China in history, Muslim peoples formed loose states based on intricate social networks. As a consequence, most studies of urban history in the Middle East have focused their gaze exclusively on urban social... Read more
Chapter One Political Power and Social Networks Chapter Two Administrative Networks in the Mamluk Period Chapter Three Informal Networks Chapter Four Political Power and Social-Religious Networks in Sixteenth Century Fes Chapter Five The Pastoral City and the Mausoleum City Chapter Six Water Village Until the Foundation of Land-Based Settlement Chapter Seven Elites, Notables and Social Networks of Eighteenth-Century Hama
Biography
SATO Tsugitaka
