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Technology, tradition and survival : aspects of material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia
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- Creator
- editors--Richard Tapper, Keith McLachlan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003
- Physical Details
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- xx, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780714649276, 0714649279, 9780714644875, 0714644870
- OCLC
- ocm52127314
- Series statement on jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Arab and Islamic contributions to European civilization / Rifaat Y. Ebied -- TB and its treatment in medieval Islam / J. Derek Latham -- Al-Tibb al-Nabawi : the prophet's medicine / Ghada Karmi -- Early Arabic cuisine : the evidence from medieval Arabic medical texts / Ghada Karmi -- Science and technology in Islamic building construction / Donald R. Hill -- Wind and watermills in Iran and Afghanistan / Michael Harverson -- Pigeon towers and ice-houses on the Iranian plateau / Elisabeth Beazley -- Sustainable buildings : Middle Eastern traditional systems for the future / Susan Roaf --From the Rashîdîya to the Ordos : in search of early Mongol tents / Peter Alford Andrews -- Material culture of pastoral nomads : reflections based on Arab and Afghan materials / Klaus Ferdinand -- Looms, carpets and talims / Jon Thompson -- The survival of the bazaar economy in Iran and the contemporary Middle East / Keith McLachlan -- The political significance of the bazaar in Iran / Mahmoud Abdullahzadeh -- The impact of oil wealth on traditional technologies in rural Oman / Roderic W. Dutton