From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In Cairo: Histories of a City, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city's history unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture and urban form. In twelve vignettes, accompanied by drawings, photographs, and maps, AlSayyad details the shifts in Cairo's built environment through stories of important figures who marked the cityscape with their personal ambitions and their political ideologies. The city is visually reconstructed and brought to life not only as a physical fabric but also as a social and political order--a city built within, upon, and over, resulting in a present-day richly layered urban environment. Each chapter attempts to capture a defining moment in the life trajectory of a city loved for all of its evocations and contradictions. Throughout, AlSayyad illuminates not only the spaces that make up Cairo but also the figures that shaped them, including its chroniclers, from Herodotus to Mahfouz, who recorded the deeds of great and ordinary Cairenes alike. He pays particular attention to how the imperatives of Egypt's various rulers and regimes--from the pharaohs to Sadat and beyond--have inscribed themselves in the city that residents navigate today.
0 有用 您老朋友王狗熊 2020-01-13 16:01:36
埃及首都开罗的形成和扩张,城市格局因为尼罗河改变而先西临河而起而后东扩,尼罗河岸向西退却又在滩涂向西扩张,因为香料贸易而繁荣,因为殖民地而建组形式兴盛(犹如上海),因为国家威权化道路走上现代化而兴建的各种彰显国家主义点缀了权力符号象征的基础设施和形象工程。比起法老时代后来马穆鲁克王朝、奥斯曼帝国已经离现代不算远了,埃及最大兴土木一是马穆鲁克王朝一是纳赛尔-萨达特-穆巴拉克时代,两者多么相像。
0 有用 长湖镇第一公民 2022-10-17 12:57:34 上海
里面很多建筑史对内容,非常有用,尤其是对布拉克港的描写很细致到位了。继承安德鲁·雷蒙德的研究,对传统奥斯曼城市史观点多有修正,但没有看到作者和Giancarlo Casale 对话的意图,略失望
0 有用 长湖镇第一公民 2022-10-17 12:57:34 上海
里面很多建筑史对内容,非常有用,尤其是对布拉克港的描写很细致到位了。继承安德鲁·雷蒙德的研究,对传统奥斯曼城市史观点多有修正,但没有看到作者和Giancarlo Casale 对话的意图,略失望
0 有用 您老朋友王狗熊 2020-01-13 16:01:36
埃及首都开罗的形成和扩张,城市格局因为尼罗河改变而先西临河而起而后东扩,尼罗河岸向西退却又在滩涂向西扩张,因为香料贸易而繁荣,因为殖民地而建组形式兴盛(犹如上海),因为国家威权化道路走上现代化而兴建的各种彰显国家主义点缀了权力符号象征的基础设施和形象工程。比起法老时代后来马穆鲁克王朝、奥斯曼帝国已经离现代不算远了,埃及最大兴土木一是马穆鲁克王朝一是纳赛尔-萨达特-穆巴拉克时代,两者多么相像。