xii, 250 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 219-240) and index
Contents
Part 1. A history -- Part 2. Through travellers' eyes.
Summary
The first half is a history of Aleppo, its social classes and their conflicts, its legacy of tolerance, and its mixed population of Muslims, Christians, and Jews; Arabs, Turks, and Westerners, until the recent civil war. The second half is excerpts from the writings of fifteen Western travelers or inhabitants.-- Summary by cataloger.
