Modernity, national identity, and consumerism: Visions of the Egyptian home, 1805-1922

Transitions in Domestic Consumption and Family Life in the Modern Middle East: Houses in Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 37-62

  Russell, Mona ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403982698     Document Type: Chapter

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