Omschrijving
Consists of a collage of images that attempts to convey the transformation of consumer culture and how it is related to the urban reshaping of the city of Cairo to meet with the demands of globalisation. This book touches on various themes such as the general changing lifestyles and conspicuous consumption, the spread of mobile phones, and more.
"Those interested in the history of medicine in the medieval Islamic period will find much food for thought in this interesting and intriguing treatise." – Peter E. Pormann, Bull. Hist. Med., 2005.
Gary Leiser, Ph.D. (1976) in History, University of Pennsylvania, is Director of the Travis Air Museum, Travis AFB, California. He has published extensively on the social history of the Medieval Middle East, including translations of the most important historical works of M.F. Köprülü. The late Noury Al-Khaledy was Professor Emeritus of Semitic Languages at Portland State University.