From regional node to backwater and back to uncertainty: Beirut, 1943-2006

The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-98

  Shwayri, Sofia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203696798     Document Type: Chapter

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