The Insecure City

Urban anthropologist Kristin Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful direction-the story of traffic in the Middle East, focusing on Beirut. As bombs reappeared recently following an impasse between competing political groups and their international backers, residents of the city were...

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Main Author: Monroe, Kristin V. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick Rutgers University Press 2016
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