Technology, tradition and survival : aspects of material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Tapper, Richard (Richard Lionel), McLachlan, K. S. (Keith Stanley)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 2003.
Series:	Cass series--history and society in the Islamic world.
Subjects:	Islamic civilization > Congresses. Civilization, Western > Islamic influences > Congresses. Islam and science > Congresses. Islamic countries > Social life and customs > Congresses.

Table of Contents:

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.