The Imperial Politics of Architectural Conservation The Case of Waqf in Cyprus /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Sabri, Reyhan (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Heritage Studies in the Muslim World,
• Θέματα: Islam.; Ethnology-Middle East .; Middle East-History.; Middle Eastern Culture.; History of the Middle East.

This book documents the changing role of the Islamic Waqf institution in Cyprus and the conservation of Waqf heritage buildings of Ottoman and Western origins. Previously ignored archives of documents detailing the conservation of Waqf buildings during Ottoman and British rule allow a fine-grained a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Ottoman Waqf's Building Practices: From Decentralisation to Centralisation
• 3. British Colonial Inputs to Waqf's Traditional Building Upkeep Systems (1878-1905)
• 4. Ultimate Centralisation: Political and Professional Control (1905-1935)
• 5. Waqf and the Zenith of Colonial Conservation Politics (1935-1960)
• 6. Discussion and Conclusion.