A history of Jeddah : the gate to Mecca in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Ulrike Freitag.
A history of Jeddah : the gate to Mecca in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Ulrike Freitag.
A history of Jeddah : the gate to Mecca in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Ulrike Freitag.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/2533
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English
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xvi, 391 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : Why Jeddah -- Between Sea and Land : Jeddah through the Ages -- The Changing Faces of Jeddah -- The Changing Urban Space of Jeddah -- Solidarity and Competition : the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Life in Jeddah -- The Economic Lifelines of Jeddah : Trade and Pilgrimage -- Governing a...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"Jeddah was characterised bv a cosmopolitan population, resulting from the city's close connection to maritime trade and its function as the port of Mecca, the holymost city of Islam. Locally, this was conceptualised as the responsibility of hospitality for the guests of God. The study traces different groups of migrants and follows their integrati...
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A history of Jeddah : the gate to Mecca in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Ulrike Freitag.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/2533
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74VKaPe2bLMg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPe2bLMg
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ISBN
9781108478793 hardcover
1108478794 hardcover
9781108746205 paperback
1108746209 paperback
DDC
953.8
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991024316019502626
