Download Instructor Resources of A History of Jeddah - Instructor Resources (Freitag)
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Format: PDF Language: English Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date of the Electronic Edition: 2022
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ISBN: 9781108746205, 1108746209, 9781108788946, 9781108478793
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Known as the 'Gate to Mecca' or 'Bride of the Red Sea', Jeddah has been a gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mecca and Medina and a station for international trade routes between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean for centuries. Seen from the perspective of its diverse population, this first biography of Jeddah traces the city's urban history and cosmopolitanism from the late Ottoman period to its present-day claim to multiculturalism, within the conservative environment of the Arabian Peninsula. Contextualising Jeddah with developments in the wider Muslim world, Ulrike Freitag investigates how different groups of migrants interacted in a changing urban space and how their economic activities influenced the political framework of the city. Richly illustrated, this study reveals how the transformation of Jeddah's urban space, population and politics has been indicative of changes in the wider Arab and Red Sea region, re-evaluating its place in the Middle East at a time when both its cosmopolitan practices and old city are changing dramatically against a backdrop of modernisation and Saudi nation-building. An urban history considered through the perspective of Jeddah's diverse population comprised of long-distance merchants, shipping magnates and ex-slaves Will appeal to historians of the modern Middle East, as well as those with an interest in urban history and the social and political history of Saudi Arabia Re-evaluates Jeddah's place in the Middle East against the backdrop of modernisation and Saudi nation-building
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