Conquest and Fusion : : The Social Evolution of Cairo A.D. 642-1850 / / S.J. Staffa.

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Superior document:Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 20
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1977.
Year of Publication:1977
Language:English
Series:Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 20.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Illustrations / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Preface / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Note on Transliteration / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Introduction / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Introduction / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter One The Foundation of Fusṭāṭ: The Initial Confrontation (A.D. 642-750) / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Two Urban Life in the ʿabbāsid Period (A.D. 750-969) / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Three The Fāṭimid Florescence: Cosmopolitan Achievement and Challenge (A.D. 969-1169) / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Four Cairo in the Time of Ṣalāḥ Ad-Dīn: The Avowal of Unity (A.D. 1169-1193) / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Five The Cairene Pattern: Some Principles of Social Structure / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Introduction / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Six The Physical Expansion of Cairo under the Ayyūbids and Early Mamlūks / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Seven The Mamlūk Feudal System and the Urban Elite / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Eight The Notables and the Bureaucracy: Sociat Aspects of Religion and Administration / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Nine The Development of Crafts, Commerce, and the Role of Merchants / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Ten The Lower Orders and the Urban Milieu / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Eleven The Mamlūk Decline and Its Socioeconomic Consequences / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Twelve The Urban Dialectic / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Introduction: Continuity in Change / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Thirteen The Demographic Factor: The People / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Fourteen The Ecological Manifestation: The Place / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Fifteen Political Power and the Structure of Urban Society / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Sixteen Economic Power: The Distribution of Resources and Its Social Implications / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Seventeen Spiritual Power: Popular Religious Life and Urban Integration / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Chapter Eighteen Conclusion: The Nature of Urban Unity / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Epilogue Modern Cairo: Transformation of the Traditional Pattern / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Selected Bibliography / Susan Jane Staffa
  • Index / Susan Jane Staffa.