Town and Country in the Middle East: Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization, 1800D1970

by Mohammad A. Chaichian

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This book examines urbanization in Iran and Egypt related to each nation's unique colonial history based on extraction and production of oil in Iran and cultivation of cotton in Egypt for world markets. Using Tehran and Cairo as the two hyper-urbanized cities, Chaichian documents development of divergent patterns of rural-urban migration, urban hierarchies, and employment structures from the early nineteenth century up to the 1970s when a global economy...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0739126776

ISBN13:9780739126776

Release Date:December 2008

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:246 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Town and Country in the Middle East: Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization, 1800D1970

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