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Preserving the old city of Damascus / Faedah M. Totah

Catalog Data

Author:
Totah, Faedah M.  Search this
Physical description:
xxxvii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Syria
Damascus
Date:
2014
Contents:
Unlocking the secret of the Old City -- "Villagers do not become Shuwam" -- "I am king in my home" -- "People living in houses ruin them" -- "Khay! Now we pay to enter a bayt 'Arabi'" -- "Who has no old has no new" -- Epilogue : whither Syria?
Topic:
Gentrification  Search this
Urban renewal--Social aspects  Search this
Neighborhoods--Sociological aspects  Search this
Sociology, Urban  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1048449