City Consumed (e-bog) af Reynolds, Nancy
Reynolds, Nancy (forfatter)

City Consumed e-bog

583,01 DKK (inkl. moms 728,76 DKK)
Though now remembered as an act of anti-colonial protest leading to the Egyptian military coup of 1952, the Cairo Fire that burned through downtown stores and businesses appeared to many at the time as an act of urban self-destruction and national suicide. The logic behind this latter view has now been largely lost. Offering a revised history, Nancy Reynolds looks to the decades leading up to t...
E-bog 583,01 DKK
Forfattere Reynolds, Nancy (forfatter)
Udgivet 11 juli 2012
Længde 376 sider
Genrer 1HBE
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780804782661
Though now remembered as an act of anti-colonial protest leading to the Egyptian military coup of 1952, the Cairo Fire that burned through downtown stores and businesses appeared to many at the time as an act of urban self-destruction and national suicide. The logic behind this latter view has now been largely lost. Offering a revised history, Nancy Reynolds looks to the decades leading up to the fire to show that the lines between foreign and native in city space and commercial merchandise were never so starkly drawn.Consumer goods occupied an uneasy place on anti-colonial agendas for decades in Egypt before the great Cairo Fire. Nationalist leaders frequently railed against commerce as a form of colonial captivity, yet simultaneously expanded local production and consumption to anchor a newly independent economy. Close examination of struggles over dress and shopping reveals that nationhood coalesced informally from the conflicts and collaboration of consumers "e;from below"e; as well as more institutional and prescriptive mandates.