| Description |
xx, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: The culture and politics of commerce: bazaars in the Islamic world / Mohammad Gharipour -- 2. Ideal-type and urban history: the development of the Suq in Damascus / Nasser Rabbat -- 3. The making of the old city: Suq al-Hamidiya in Damascus / Faedah M. Totah -- 4. Commerce in the emerging empire: formation of the Ottoman trade center in Bursa / ́ Özlem Köprülü Bağbanci -- 5. The continuity of social space: Khan al-Jumruk with the bazaars of Aleppo / Janet Starkey -- 6. The Suqs of Sanaa: changing functions and symbolic centrality / Franck Mermier -- 7. Crafts and trade: public markets in Nablus / Naseer Arafat -- 8. From pre-industrial to industrial Kabul: the bazaars and the manufactories / Marcus Schadl -- 9. Politics and patronage: the evolution of the Sara-ye Amir in the bazaar of Tehran / Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian -- 10. A caravanserai on the route to modernity: the case of the Valide Han of Istanbul / Andrea Duranti -- 11. Form and function: on politics and the morphology of the bazaar in Yazd / Ali Modarres -- 12. New trinkets in old spaces: Caior's Khan al-Khalili and the question of authenticity / Anna Madoeuf and Marika Snider |
| Summary |
The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics of the bazaar with a number of case studies from Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Nablus, Bursa, Istanbul, Sana'a, Kabul, Tehran, and Yazd. Although they share some contextual and functional characteristics, each bazaar has its own unique and fascinating history, traditions, cultural practices, and structure. One of the most intriguing aspects revealed in this volume is the thread of continuity from past to present exhibited by the bazaar as a forum where a society meets and intermingles in the practice of goods exchange-a social and cultural ritual that is as old as human history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Bazaars (Markets) -- Islamic countries.
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Architecture -- Islamic countries -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068436 -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001412 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Author |
Gharipour, Mohammad.
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| ISBN |
9789774165290 (cloth) |
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9774165292 (cloth) |
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