| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 300 pages : map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Picador, 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-290) and index. |
| Summary |
In his tale of Cairo, Egypt, the author fuses "the excitement of travel with the stimulation of history."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
An Orientation -- Beginnings -- Dead Cities -- Cities of the Dead -- Mother of the World -- Medieval Decline -- The Phoenix Caged -- Where Worlds Collide -- Conflict and Fusion -- Keeping the Faith -- High Life, Low Life -- The Voice of Cairo. |
| Subject |
Cairo (Egypt)
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Rodenbeck, Max, 1962- Cairo. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 1999 (OCoLC)607100137 |
| ISBN |
0679446516 hardcover |
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9780679446514 hardcover |
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0679767274 paperback |
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9780679767275 paperback |
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