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Baghdad: An Urban History through the Lens of Literature (Paperback)
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Baghdad: An Urban History through the Lens of Literature (Paperback)
Series: Built Environment City Studies
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In recent years, Baghdad has been viewed as a battleground for
political conflicts; this interpretation has heavily influenced
writings on the city. This book moves away from these perspectives
to present an interdisciplinary exploration into the urban history
of Baghdad through the lens of literature. It argues that urban
literature is an effective complementary source to conventional
historiography, using in-depth analysis of texts, poems and
historical narratives of non-monumental urban spaces to reveal an
underexamined facet of the city's development. The book focuses on
three key themes, spatial, nostalgic and reflective, to offer a new
approach to the study of Baghdad's history, with a view to
establishing and informing further strategies for future urban
developments. Beginning with the first planned city in the eighth
century, it looks at the urban transformations that influenced
building trends and architectural styles until the nineteenth
century. It will appeal to academics and researchers in
interdisciplinary fields such as architecture, urban history,
Islamic studies and Arabic literature.
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