Preserving the Old City of Damascus

by Faedah M Totah

In Preserving the Old City of Damascus, Totah examines the recentgentrification of the historic urban core of the Syrian capital and the waysin which urban space becomes the site for negotiating new economic andsocial realities. The book illustrates how long-term inhabitants of the historicquarter, developers, and government officials offer at times competinginterpretations of urban space and its use as they vie for control over therepresentation of the historic neighborhoods. Based on over two years ofethnographic and archival research, this book expands our understandingof neoliberal urbanism in non-western cities.

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First published April 15, 2014