Recuperating cosmopolitan Alexandria: Circulation of narratives and narratives of circulation

Cities

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-228

  Starr, Deborah A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Egypt; Literature; Nostalgia

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 20444385048     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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