Title Reconstructing Beirut : memory and space in a postwar Arab city / Aseel Sawalha

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages) : illustrations, map Series Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant. Contents Beirut : a city in transition -- Downtown in "the ancient city of the future" -- 'Ayn el-mreisse : the global market and the apartment unit -- "Beirut is ours, not theirs" : neighborhood sites and struggles in 'Ayn el-mreisse -- Cafés, funerals, and the future of coffee spaces -- Placing the war-displaced -- Afterword : reclaiming downtown again Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Urban renewal -- Lebanon -- Beirut City planning -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. City planning Economic history Urban renewal SUBJECT Lebanon -- Economic conditions -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98003350 Subject Lebanon Lebanon -- Beirut Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780292792838 0292792832

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