Weber, Stefan (Director of the Museum of Islamic Art), author.

Damascus : Ottoman modernity and urban transformation (1808-1918) / by Stefan Weber.

Århus [Denmark] : Aarhus University Press, [2009]
©2009

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm + plans (color illustrations ; 25 x 42 cm).

Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus ; V, 2009

"Damascus, capital of the Ottoman province in Syria and one of the most important centres of the classical Muslim World, underwent some of the same developments in the 19th century as other urban centres in the Mediterranean area and beyond. In the course of the industrial revolution in Europe and the radical expansion of a worldwide network of traffic and communication, new ideas, techniques, material goods and architectural forms spread and challenged locally established patterns of urban and social organisation. This expansion and integration led to an increase in orientation of urban and social structures towards supra-regional models seen, for example, in architecture of houses, public buildings and bazaars or urban organization and clothing. Yet Damascus never became a "European city", but modernised in its own, unique ways. This study examines the society, architecture and urban planning, including the documentation of over one thousand buildings and public spaces, of the endangered UNESCO World Heritage Site of Damascus. The history of these buildings and their transformation are discussed, and many unpublished historical photographs provide an insight into lost and unknown private worlds and urban textures. From a micro-historical approach, this book unfolds the spaces of the everyday life of local actors and agents to unearth and relate the complexity and nonlinear quality of the processes, which transpired as an integral turning point in the history of the Middle East with its entry into modernity."--Publisher description.

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Architecture, Ottoman Syria Damascus.
Architecture Syria Damascus History 19th century.
Architecture Syria Damascus History 20th century.
City planning Syria Damascus History 19th century.
City planning Syria Damascus History 20th century.
Architecture ottomane Syrie Damas.
Architecture Syrie Damas Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Syrie Damas Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture, Ottoman
Buildings
City planning
Islamische Architektur Damaskus Geschichte 19. Jh.
Islamische Architektur Damaskus Geschichte 20. Jh.
Stadtentwicklung Osmanisches Reich Geschichte 19. Jh.
Stadtentwicklung Osmanisches Reich Geschichte 20. Jh.
Architektur.
Städtebau.
Damascus (Syria) Buildings, structures, etc. History.
Syria Damascus
Damaskus Stadtentwicklung Geschichte 19. Jh.
Damaskus Stadtentwicklung Geschichte 20. Jh.
Damaskus.

Catalogs.
History

Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus ; 5.

Ottoman modernity and urban transformation (1808-1918)

Location: Library main 272245
Call No.: BIB 205489
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 274577
Call No.: BIB 205489
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available