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  • Islamicate Environments

    Water, Land, Plants, and Society

    by D. Fairchild Ruggles ...
    Series series Elements in the Global Middle Ages
    Islam burst forth from Arabia in the seventh century and spread with astonishing speed and force into the Middle East, Asia and northern Africa and the Mediterranean. While its success as a dominant culture has often been attributed to military strength, astute political organization, and religious factors, this Element focuses on the environmental conditions from which early Islamic societies ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Tree of Pearls

    The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th-Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar al-Durr

    by D. Fairchild Ruggles ...
    Shajar al-Durr--known as "Tree of Pearls"--began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was manumitted, became the sultan's wife, served as governing regent, and ultimately rose to become the legitimately appointed sultan of Egypt in 1250 after her husband's death. Shajar al-Durr used her wealth and power ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

    by D. Fairchild Ruggles ...
    Series series Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
    Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India.Just ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

    by D. Fairchild Ruggles ...
    Series series Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
    Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India.Just ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Woman's Eye, Woman's Hand

    Making Art and Architecture in Modern India

    Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles ...
    With independence, India experienced a dramatic social rupture but also a recuperation of political autonomy and a new sense of optimism that promised opportunities. The country became a crucible for experimentation in modern and utopian architecture with new buildings, cities and museums giving public face to the nation. Indian architects and architectural projects claimed international attention ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • On Location

    Heritage Cities and Sites

    Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    On Location: Heritage Cities and Sites merges the material and the social perspectives of preservation and historical interpretation in urban landscapes. The essays in this volume focus on the social life of historic cities and large-scale sites. They examine the ways that cities are dynamically changing as they are made and then remade by the people who inhabit or simply visit them, and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Intangible Heritage Embodied

    Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles, Helaine Silverman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Archaeological research has long focused on studying tangible artifacts to build a picture of the cultures it examines. Equally important to understanding a culture, however, are the intangible elements that become part of its heritage. In 2003, UNESCO adopted a convention specifically to protect intangible heritage, including the following: oral traditions and expressions, including language; ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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    by Robert Irwin ...
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  • Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

    The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society

    Edited by Amira K. Bennison, Alison L. Gascoigne ...
    Series series SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
    This volume is an inter-disciplinary endeavour which brings together recent research on aspects of urban life and structure by architectural and textual historians and archaeologists, engendering exciting new perspectives on urban life in the pre-modern Islamic world. Its objective is to move beyond the long-standing debate on whether an ‘Islamic city’ existed in the pre-modern era and focus ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Last Civilized Place

    Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny

    by Ronald A. Messier, James A. Miller ...
    "[This] book reflects an effective integration of archaeological data with an urban history and can be model for the study of any pre-modern Muslim city." —Jere Bacharach, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Washington, and author of Islamic History through Coins: An Analysis and Catalogue of Tenth-Century Ikhshidid CoinsSet along the Sahara's edge, Sijilmasa was an African El Dorado, a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Global History of Architecture

    by Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash ...
    A GLOBAL HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURENOW FEATURING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OF CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE AND MORE SUPERB DRAWINGS BY FRANCIS D.K. CHING!The book that forever changed the way architectural history is viewed, taught, and studied, A Global History of Architecture examines 5,000 years of the built environment.Spanning from 3,500 BCE to the present, and organized along a global timeline, ... Read more

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  • Paradise Gardens

    the world's most beautiful Islamic gardens

    by Monty Don, Derry Moore ...
    'Lavish ... a celebration of the history and enduring romance of Islamic gardens' Washington PostAs seen on the highly acclaimed BBC2 series Monty Don's Paradise Gardens, a glorious celebration of the richness of Islamic culture through some of the most beautiful gardens on earth.In the Islamic tradition, a garden with its central elements of water, the scent of fruit trees, and places for rest ... Read more

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