The Urban Social History of the Middle East, 1750-1950 - Peter Sluglett - Bog

Drawing on a treasure trove of documents and using a variety of methodologies, the contributors to this volume succeed in providing a significant overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied, as well as an excellent introduction to current literature in the field. The authors effectively define and map out urban social history in the Middle East from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.