: urban commerce, the Cairo fire, and the politics of decolonization in Egypt
/Nancy Y. Reynolds.
Stanford, California
: Stanford University Press
, 2012.
1111
355 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 'ever-melting' city -- Department stores and downtown shopping -- Anticolonial boycotts and national trade -- Shoes, socks, and marketing mass consumption -- Postwar commodity parables and the cracking of late colonialism -- The Cairo fire and postcolonial consumption.